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خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ فَاِذَا هُوَ خَصِيْمٌ مُّبِيْنٌ   ( النحل: ٤ )

khalaqa
خَلَقَ
He created
l-insāna
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
the human kind
min
مِن
from
nuṭ'fatin
نُّطْفَةٍ
a minute quantity of semen
fa-idhā
فَإِذَا
then behold
huwa
هُوَ
he
khaṣīmun
خَصِيمٌ
(is) an opponent
mubīnun
مُّبِينٌ
clear

Khalaqal insaana min nutfatin fa izaa huwa khaseemum mubeen (an-Naḥl 16:4)

Sahih International:

He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once he is a clear adversary. (An-Nahl [16] : 4)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

He created man from a drop, and soon he turned into a debating person, expressing himself openly.