Quran 16 : 4

He created the human kind from a minute quantity of semen then behold, he (is) an opponent clear.
خَلَقَ
Khalaqa
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
Aliinsaāna
مِن
Min
نُّطْفَةٍ
Nnuṭfahin
فَإِذَا
Faiidhā
هُوَ
Huwa
خَصِيمٌ
Khaṣīmun
مُّبِينٌ
Mmubīnun
Mustaqim
He created man from a sperm, then he argues openly.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He hath created man from a drop, and Lo! he is a disputer open
N J Dawood 2014
He created man from a little germ: yet is he openly contentious
Irving/Hegab
He creates man from a drop of semen, yet he is an open opponent;
Mir Aneesuddin
He created man from a sperm, even then he is an open disputant .
Shakir
He created man from a small seed and lo! he is an open contender
T.B.Irving
He creates man from a drop of semen, yet he is an open opponent;
Faridul Haque
He created man from a drop of fluid, yet he is an open quarreller
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He created mankind from a sperm drop, yet he is a clear adversary
The Wise Quran
He created man from a sperm; then behold, he is a clear opponent.
The Study Quran
He created man from a drop, and behold, he is a manifest adversary
Edward Henry Palmer
He created man from a clot; and yet, behold, he is an open opponent
Abdul Hye
He has created human from semen, yet the he becomes an open opponent.
Aisha Bewley
He created man from a drop of sperm and yet he is an open challenger!
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
He created man from a drop, and behold, he becomes a clear disputant.
Abdel Haleem
He created man from a drop of fluid, and yet man openly challenges Him
John Medows Rodwell
Man hath He created from a moist germ; yet lo! man is an open caviller
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He created man from a small life-germ, and lo! he is an open contender
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
He created man from a purified drop; therefore, he is an open disputer.
Arthur John Arberry
He created man of a sperm-drop; and, behold, he is a manifest adversary
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once, he is a clear adversary
Ahmed Hulusi
He created man from a single sperm... And behold, he has become defiant!
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He has created man from a seed, but then he becomes clearly in opposition.
Ahmed Ali
Man He created from a drop of semen; and still he becomes an open contender
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
He created man of a sperm-drop; yet, (behold) how he is an evident adversary
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
He hath created man from a drop of fluid, yet behold! he is an open opponent
Musharraf Hussain
He created Humans from a drop of semen, so is that why humans are quarrelsome
Rashad Khalifa
He created the human from a tiny drop, then he turns into an ardent opponent.
Samy Mahdy
He created the human from a sperm-drop, so behold he is an obvious opponent.
Sher Ali
HE has created man from a mere drop of fluid, but lo ! he is an open disputer
Dr. Munir Munshey
He created man from a drop of fluid. Yet, man is now hostile and argumentative
Hamid S. Aziz
He created man from a drop (of sperm); and yet, behold, he is an open opponent
Talal Itani (2012)
He created the human being from a drop of fluid, yet he becomes an open adversary
Maududi
He created man out of a mere drop of fluid, and lo! he turned into an open wrangler
Bakhtiari Nejad
God created human being from fertilized egg (zygote), now he is an overt challenger!
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
He created the human being from seminal fluid. That is when he is a clear adversary.
Bilal Muhammad 2018
He has created the human being from a zygote, and behold, he becomes an open disputer
Linda "iLham" Barto
He has created humanity from a single cell; look how the same becomes a public disputant.
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He has created man from a sperm-drop; and behold this same (man) becomes an open disputer
Mohammad Shafi
He (Allah) created man from tiny fertilized ovum. And, lo, he has become an open adversary
Mustafa Khattab 2018
He created humans from a sperm-drop, then—behold!—they openly challenge ˹Him˺.
Safi Kaskas
He created the human being out of a fertilized ovum, and suddenly he is an open adversary.
Ali Quli Qara'i
He created man from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and, behold, he is an open contender
Muhammad Sarwar
He created the human being from a drop of fluid but the human being openly disputes His Word
Munir Mezyed
He created man from a minute quantity of semen, then behold, he becomes a manifest opponent.
MunirMezyed2023
He created man from a minute quantity of semen, then behold, he becomes a manifest opponent.
Corpus.Quran
He created the human kind from a minute quantity of semen then behold he (is) an opponent clear
George Sale
He hath created man of seed; and yet behold, he is a professed disputer against the resurrection
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He created man from a drop, and soon he turned into a debating person, expressing himself openly
Wahiduddin Khan
He created man out of a [mere] drop of sperm: yet he shows himself to be openly contentious
Fode Drame
He created the human being from a drop of liquid but behold he has become a manifest contender [to his Lord].
Syed Vickar Ahamed
He has created man from a drop of semen (sperm); And look this same (man) becomes an open challenger (about the creation)
Dr. Kamal Omar
He created the human being from Nutfah, and afterwards he (behaves as) one who indulges in all sorts of arguments and disputes
Hilali - Khan
He has created man from Nutfah (mixed drops of male and female sexual discharge), then behold, this same (man) becomes an open opponent
Muhammad Asad
He creates man out of a [mere] drop of sperm: and lo! this same being shows himself endowed with the power to think and to argue
Bijan Moeinian
He has created mankind from a tiny embryo; how funny of this insignificant creature to turn against his own soul and challenge his Creator
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
He alone has created man from a drop of vital fluid, yet he has become openly contentious (instead of becoming totally submissive to Allah)
Shabbir Ahmed
He created the human being out of male and female gametes. They should be humble before their Creator's Messages instead of being contentious
Amatul Rahman Omar
He has created human being from a mere drop of fluid, (a small life germ) then look! what a perspicuous and sound debater he has turned out to be
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
He created the human/mankind from a drop/male's or female's secretion/little water, so then he (the human/mankind) is (a) clear/evident disputer/adversary
Ali Ünal
He has created human from (so slight a beginning as) a mere drop of seminal fluid; and yet, he turns into an open, fierce adversary (selfishly disputing against the truth)