then he became a clinging clot, then He created him and perfected

﴿ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ﴾
[القِيَامة: 38]

then he became a clinging clot, then He created him and perfected his form

﴿ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى﴾ [القِيَامة: 38]

Mohammad Habib Shakir
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect

Mohammad Shafi
Then he became a leech-like clinging clot of curdled blood; and He created him and set his shape right

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

Mufti Taqi Usmani
Then he became a clot of blood, then He created (him) and made (him) perfect

Muhammad Asad
and thereafter became a germ-cell - whereupon He created and formed [it] in accordance with what [it] was meant to be

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Thereafter he was a clot (i.e., a leach-like clot). So He created, then He molded

Muhammad Sarwar
Was he not once just a drop of discharged sperm

Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Then he became a clot of blood, then He created (him) and made (him) perfect

Mustafa Khattab Allah Edition
Then they became a clinging clot ˹of blood˺, then He developed and perfected their form

Mustafa Khattab God Edition
Then they became a clinging clot ˹of blood˺, then He developed and perfected their form

N J Dawood
He became a clot of blood;³ then God formed and moulded him

Safi Kaskas
Then he became a clot. And [God] created and proportioned