80. Surah Al Abasa
The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:
مِنْ
أَيِّ شَيْءٍ
خَلَقَهُ ﴿١٨﴾
80: 18. From what stuff Hath He created him?
80: 19. From a sperm-drop:
The origin of man as an animal is lowly indeed. But what further faculties and capacities has not Allah granted to man? Besides his animal body, in which also he shares in all the blessings which Allah has bestowed on the rest of His Creation, man has been granted divine gifts which entitle him to be called the Vicegerent on earth: 2:30.
He has a will;
he has spiritual perception;
he is capable of divine love;
he can control nature within certain limits, and subject nature's forces to his own use.
And he has been given the power of judgment, so that he can avoid excess and defect, and follow the middle path. And that path, as well as all that is necessary for his life in its manifold aspects, has been made easy for him.
... خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ ﴿١٩﴾
He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
ثُمَّ
السَّبِيلَ
يَسَّرَهُ ﴿٢٠﴾
80: 20. Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
Asad’s Version:
80: 18 (Does man ever consider) out of what substance (God) creates him?
80: 19 Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines ,his nature,
80:20 and then makes it easy for him to go through life; 80: 21 and in the end He causes him to die and brings him to the grave; 80: 22 and then, if it be His will, He shall raise him again to life. Asad
Pickthall’s Version:
80: 19 From a drop of seed, He created him and proportioned him,
80;20 then make the way easy for him. Pickthall