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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Mu'minun 23:14

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ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا ٱلنُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْمُضْغَةَ عِظَـٰمًا فَكَسَوْنَا ٱلْعِظَـٰمَ لَحْمًا ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَـٰهُ خَلْقًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ

Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allāh, the best of creators.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ثم خلقنا النطفة علقة أي: دمًا أحمر، فخلقنا العلقة بعد أربعين يومًا مضغة أي: قطعة لحم قَدْر ما يُمْضغ، فخلقنا المضغة اللينة عظامًا، فكسونا العظام لحمًا، ثم أنشأناه خلقًا آخر بنفخ الروح فيه، فتبارك الله، الذي أحسن كل شيء خلقه.

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