أَلَمۡ
يَكُ
نُطۡفَةٗ
مِّن
مَّنِيّٖ
يُمۡنَىٰ
٣٧

Were they not ˹once˺ a sperm-drop emitted?
ثُمَّ
كَانَ
عَلَقَةٗ
فَخَلَقَ
فَسَوَّىٰ
٣٨
Then they became a clinging clot ˹of blood˺,1 then He developed and perfected their form,
فَجَعَلَ
مِنۡهُ
ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ
ٱلذَّكَرَ
وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ
٣٩
producing from it both sexes, male and female.
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