Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb]. (Al-Mu'minun [23] : 13)
1 Mufti Taqi Usmani
Then We made him a sperm-drop in a firm resting place.
2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
then placed each ˹human˺ as a sperm-drop[[ See footnote for {22:5}. ]] in a secure place,
3 Ruwwad Translation Center
then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a safe place,
4 A. J. Arberry
then We set him, a drop, in a receptacle secure,
5 Abdul Haleem
then We placed him as a drop of fluid in a safe place,
6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Thereafter We made him of a Sperm In a receptacle safe.
7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Then We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of rest, firmly fixed;
8 Abul Ala Maududi
then We made him into a drop of life-germ, then We placed it in a safe depository,
9 Ahmed Ali
Then We placed him as a sperm in a firmly established lodging;
10 Ahmed Raza Khan
Then made him a drop of fluid in a secure shelter.
11 Ali Quli Qarai
Then We made him a drop of [seminal] fluid [lodged] in a secure abode.
12 Ali Ünal
Then We have made it into a fertilized ovum in a safe lodging.
13 Amatul Rahman Omar
Then We reduce him to a drop of sperm (and place him) in a safe depository;
14 English Literal
Then We created/made him a drop/male`s or female`s secretion in (a) firm/established bottom
15 Faridul Haque
Then made him a drop of fluid in a secure shelter.
16 Hamid S. Aziz
Then We made him a drop (sperm) in a safe depository (the womb)
17 Hilali & Khan
Thereafter We made him (the offspring of Adam) as a Nutfah (mixed drops of the male and female sexual discharge) (and lodged it) in a safe lodging (womb of the woman).
18 Maulana Mohammad Ali
And certainly We create man of an extract of clay,
19 Mohammad Habib Shakir
Then We made him a small seed in a firm resting-place,
20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Then placed him as a drop (of seed) in a safe lodging;
21 Muhammad Sarwar
which was then turned into a living germ and placed in safe depository.
22 Qaribullah & Darwish
then We made him, a drop, in a secure receptacle (the womb).
23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Thereafter We made him a Nutfah in a safe lodging.
24 Wahiduddin Khan
then We placed him as a drop of fluid in a safe place,
25 Talal Itani
Then We made him a seed, in a secure repository.
26 Tafsir jalalayn
Then We made him, namely, man, the progeny of Adam, a drop, a sperm-drop, in a secure lodging, which is the womb.
27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir
ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاهُ نُطْفَةً
Thereafter We made him a Nutfah.
Here the pronoun refers back to humankind, as in another Ayah;
and He began the creation of man from clay. Then He made his offspring from semen of despised water. (32;7-8) meaning, weak, as He says;
أَلَمْ نَخْلُقكُّم مِّن مَّأءٍ مَّهِينٍ
فَجَعَلْنَـهُ فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ
Did We not create you from a despised water, Then We placed it in a place of safety. (77;20-21)
meaning the womb, which is prepared and readily equipped for that,
فِي قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ
... in a safe lodging.
إِلَى قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
فَقَدَرْنَا فَنِعْمَ الْقَـدِرُونَ
For a known period. So We did measure; and We are the Best to measure. (77;22-23)
meaning, for a known period of time, until it is established and moves from one stage to the next.
Allah says here
28 Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
Then We made him evolve from a Notfa Amshag (union of male & female seeds) the Zygot which We embedded in the depth of a safe and secure position, the womb