13 Preface ثُمَّ جَعَلناهُ نُطفَةً في قَرارٍ مَكينٍYusuf AliThen We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of rest,1 firmly fixed;The growth in the foetal stage is silent and unseen. The foetus is protected in the mother’s womb like a king in a castle; it is firmly fixed, and gets the protection of the mother’s body, on which it depends for its own growth until birth.