19مِن نُطفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُMuhammad AsadOut of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature,1I.e., in accordance with the organic functions which man's body and mind are to fulfil, and the natural conditions to which he will have to adapt himself. Verses 18-22, although formulated in the past tense, obviously describe a recurrent phenomenon.