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Al-Insan (The Human)

Verse 2of 31

إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍۢ نَّبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًا﴿٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, We created man from a sperm-drop mixture that We may try him; and We made him hearing and seeing.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnā[We] created
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaman
مِنminfrom
نُّطْفَةٍnuṭ'fatina semen-drop
أَمْشَاجٍۢamshājina mixture
نَّبْتَلِيهِnabtalīhi(that) We test him
فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُfajaʿalnāhuso We made (for) him
سَمِيعًۢاsamīʿanhearing
بَصِيرًاbaṣīranand sight

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahThe Recitation of Surat As-Sajdah and Al-Insan in the Morning Prayer on FridayIt has been mentioned previously that it is recorded in Sahih Muslim from Ibn `Abbas that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the Morning prayer on Friday:الم تَنزِيلَ(Alif Lam Mim. The revelation...)(32) and;هَلْ أَتَى عَلَى الإِنسَـنِ(Has there not been over man...) (76)بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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