Al-Mursalat Verse 20

Did We not create you from a humble fluid,

Did We not create you from a worthless fluid,

Did We not create you of a mean water,

Did We not make you from an underrated fluid

Created We you not of water despicable,

Have We not created you from a fluid (held) despicable?-

Did We not create you of a mean fluid,

Did We not create you from contemptible water?

Did We not create you from an abject fluid?

Have We not created you from a base fluid,

(How and why do you dare to deny?) Did We not create you from a humble fluid?

Did We not create you from an insignificant fluid,

Did We not create you from despised/humiliated (discarded) water?

Did We not create you from an abject fluid?

Did We not create you from a fluid regarded contemptible?

Did We not create you from a worthless water (semen, etc.)?

Then We placed it in a secure resting-place,

Did We not create you from contemptible water?

Did We not create you from a base fluid

Did We not create you from an insignificant drop of fluid

Did We not create you from a weak water,

Did We not create you from a despised water

Did We not create you from a humble fluid,

Did We not create you from an insignificant fluid?

Did We not create you from a base fluid, one that is delicate -- and this is semen,

Did We not create you from a despised water?

meaning, weak and despised in comparison to the power of the Creator.

This is similar to what has been reported in the Hadith of Busr bin Jahhash (that Allah says),

ابْنَ ادَمَ أَنْى تُعْجِزُنِي وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِنْ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ

"(O) Son of Adam!

How can you think that I am unable, and yet I created you from something like this (i.e., semen)"

فَجَعَلْنَاهُ فِي قَرَارٍ مَّكِين