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Surah Naba Ayat 8 in Arabic Text

وَخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا
Wa khalaq naakum azwaaja

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 8

Sahih International
And We created you in pairs

Yusuf Ali
And (have We not) created you in pairs,

Abul Ala Maududi
and created you in pairs (as men and women),

Muhsin Khan
And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).

Pickthall
And We have created you in pairs,

Dr. Ghali
And We created you in pairs,

Abdel Haleem
Did We not create you in pairs,

Quran 78 Verse 8 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Naba ayat 8, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(78:8) and created you in pairs (as men and women),[6]

6. For explanation of the supreme wisdom that underlies the creation of men and women into pairs, see E.N. 69 of Surah Al-Furqan; E. Ns 28 to 30 of Surah Ar-Room, E.N. 31 of Surah YaSeen; E.N. 77 of Surah Ash-Shura; E N. 12 of Surah Az-Zukhruf; E.N. 25 of Surah Al-Qiyamah.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Naba verse 8 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Naba ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 16.

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