18. [ al-Kahf (cave), Mecca 69]
The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:
قَالَ
لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ
وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُ...
18: 37. His companion said to him, in the course of the argument with him:
... أَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّاكَ رَجُلًا ﴿٣٧﴾
"Dost thou deny Him Who created thee out of dust, then out of a sperm-drop, then fashioned thee into a man?
C2379. The three stages of man's creation:
first dust, or clay, itself created out of nothing and forming the physical basis of his body; then, out of the produce of the earth as incorporated in the parents body, the sperm drop (with the corresponding receptive element), and then when the different elements were mixed in due proportion, and the soul was breathed into him, the fashioned man.
Pickthall’s Version:
18: 37
Pickthall And his comrade, while he disputed with him, exclaimed: Disbelievest thou in Him Who created thee of dust, then of a drop (of seed), and then fashioned thee a man?
Transliteration Qa_la lahu_ sa_hibuhu_ wa huwa yuha_wiruhu_ akafarta billazi khalaqaka min tura_bin summa min nutfatin summa sawwa_ka rajula_(n).
[[ Scientists now believe life originated in mud and water. The word “then” [summa] means later a human is created from sperm drop. This sequence may allude to a evolutionary process.]]