4 Preface خَلَقَ الإِنسانَ مِن نُطفَةٍ فَإِذا هُوَ خَصيمٌ مُبينٌAli Quli QaraiHe created man from a drop of [seminal] fluid,1 and, behold, he is an open contender!2 Or ‘from a drop of semen;’ cf. 18:37; 22:5; 23:13-14; 35:11; 36:77; 40:67; 53:46; 75:37; 76:2; 80:19.Or ‘a lucid debater,’ or ‘an open adversary;’ cf. 36:77.