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Muhammad Asad   
[Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him
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Of whichever thing did He create him
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From what did He create him?

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مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ
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مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
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From what thing (i.e., substance) He ˹Allah˺ created him (i.e., human being)
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From what thing He created him?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
[Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him
M. M. Pickthall   
From what thing doth He create him
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
From what stuff hath He created him
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
From what substance did He create them?
Safi Kaskas   
From what did He create him?
Wahiduddin Khan   
Of what [stuff] has He created him
Shakir   
Of what thing did He create him
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
From which thing did He create him?
T.B.Irving   
From what sort of thing did He create him?
Abdul Hye   
Out of what He has created them?
The Study Quran   
From what thing did He create him
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
From what did He create him?
Talal Itani (2012)   
From what did He create him
Dr. Kamal Omar   
From what material did He create him
M. Farook Malik   
Out of what Allah has created him
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Of whichever thing did He create him
Muhammad Sarwar   
From what has God created him
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
From which stuff did He (Allah) create him
Shabbir Ahmed   
Out of what thing has He created him
Dr. Munir Munshey   
What was it, from which He created man
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
From what stuff has He (Allah) created him
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
From what substance did He create him
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
From what did He create him?
Abdel Haleem   
From what thing does God create him
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Of what thing hath He created him
Ahmed Ali   
Of what substance God created him
Aisha Bewley   
From what thing did He create him?
Ali Ünal   
(Does he never consider) from what thing He has created him
Ali Quli Qara'i   
From what has He created him
Hamid S. Aziz   
Of what stuff did He create him
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
What did He create him from?
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
From what has He created them
Musharraf Hussain   
What sort of thing did He create them from?
Maududi   
Out of what did Allah create him
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
From what did He create him?
Mohammad Shafi   
Out of what thing did He create him

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
From what did He create him?
Rashad Khalifa   
What did He create him from
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
From what did He create him
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Of what thing did He create him
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
From what thing He created him
Bijan Moeinian   
Does this proud creature not think what his Lord created him from
Faridul Haque   
From what did He create him
Sher Ali   
Does he not consider, from what thing did God create him
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
From what stuff has Allah created him
Amatul Rahman Omar   
(Let him consider) from what (insignificant) material He has created him
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
From what thing did He create him

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Of what did He create him
George Sale   
Of what thing doth God create him
Edward Henry Palmer   
Of what did He create him
John Medows Rodwell   
Out of moist germs
N J Dawood (2014)   
From what did He create him

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
From what did He create him.
Munir Mezyed   
From what substance did He create him?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
From what did He create him?
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
From what did (Allah) create him/her?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
From what did He create him?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
From what sort of thing did He create him?
Samy Mahdy   
From which thing did He create him?
Sayyid Qutb   
Of what did God create him?
Ahmed Hulusi   
From what did He create him?
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
From what did He create him
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
Of what thing did He create him
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
From what primordium did Allah create him
Mir Aneesuddin   
From what thing did He create him?
The Wise Quran   
He created him of what thing?

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
From what stuff hath He created him
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From what thing He created him
OLD Transliteration   
Min ayyi shay-in khalaqahu