Al-Qur'an Surah An-Naba Verse 8

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And We have created you in pairs,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

and created you in pairs,

Ruwwad Translation Center

and created you in pairs,

A. J. Arberry

And We created you in pairs,

Abdul Haleem

Did We not create you in pairs,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And We have created you in pairs.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And (have We not) created you in pairs,

Abul Ala Maududi

and created you in pairs (as men and women),

Ahmed Ali

We created you in pairs,

Ahmed Raza Khan

And it is We who created you in pairs.

Ali Quli Qarai

and create you in pairs?

Ali Ünal

And We have created you in pairs.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And We have created you in pairs (males and females);

English Literal

And We created you pairs/couples/kinds .

Faridul Haque

And it is We who created you in pairs.

Hamid S. Aziz

And created you in pairs?

Hilali & Khan

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

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And made your sleep for rest,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And We created you in pairs,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And We have created you in pairs,

Muhammad Sarwar

Have We not created you in pairs,

Qaribullah & Darwish

And We created you in pairs,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And We have created you in pairs.

Wahiduddin Khan

We created you in pairs,

Talal Itani

And created you in pairs?

Tafsir jalalayn

And created you in pairs?, males and females,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And We have created you in pairs.

meaning, male and female, both of them enjoying each other, and by this means procreation is achieved.

This is similar to Allah's statement,

وَمِنْ ءايَـتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَجاً لِّتَسْكُنُواْ إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم مَّوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً

And among His signs is this that He created for you wives from among yourselves, that you may find repose in them, and He has put between you affection and mercy. (30;21)

Allah says,

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا