Quran Universe
32:8

ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسۡلَهُۥ مِن سُلَٰلَةٖ مِّن مَّآءٖ مَّهِينٖ

Thumma jaAAala naslahu min sulalatin min main maheenin

Then He made his posterity out of the extract of a liquid disdained.

Word by word
  1. ثُمَّThen
  2. جَعَلَHe made
  3. نَسۡلَهُۥhis progeny
  4. مِنfrom
  5. سُلَٰلَةٖan extract
  6. مِّنof
  7. مَّآءٖwater
  8. مَّهِينٖdespised
As-Sajdah · 32:8Makkah

Every one of us began as a humble drop.

Where your story started

The line of humans
Adamfrom clay
then
his childrenfrom a drop
a lowly fluidnothing to boast of
Where pride stands
I am above othersstatus, family
same humble startfor every person

Ibn Kathir says after Adam, his children reproduce from a drop. The Makkans doubted they could be created again. The surah points them to how they were made the first time.

The CEO in the corner office, the cleaner in the corridor, you in between. All began the same way. It is hard to look down on anyone once you remember that.

Some people are simply made of better stuff.

Every human began from the same humble drop.

Try this

Greet someone today with the same warmth you would show someone important.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 32:7)

Who made everything He has created good and He began the creation of man from clay (7)Then He made his offspring from semen of despised water (8)Then He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him the soul; and He gave you hearing, sight and the sense of deduction. Little is the thanks you give (9)

The Creation of Man in Stages

Allah tells us that He has created everything well and formed everything in a goodly fashion. Malik said, narrating from Zayd bin Aslam:

الَّذِي أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ ۖ 

(Who made everything He has created good) means, "He created everything well and in a goodly fashion." When Allah mentions the creation of the heavens and the earth, He follows that by mentioning the creation of man. Allah says:

وَبَدَأَ خَلْقَ الْإِنْسَانِ مِنْ طِينٍ

(and He began the creation of man from clay.) meaning, He created the father of mankind, Adam, from clay.

ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهُ مِنْ سُلَالَةٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ مَهِينٍ

(Then He made his offspring from semen of despised water.) means, they reproduce in this fashion, from a Nutfah which comes from the loins of men and from between the ribs of women.

ثُمَّ سَوَّاهُ 

(Then He fashioned him in due proportion,) means, when He created Adam from clay, He created him and gave him shape and made him upright.

وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ مِنْ رُوحِهِ ۖ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ ۚ

(and breathed into him the soul; and He gave you hearing, sight and the sense of deduction.) means, reason.

قَلِيلًا مَا تَشْكُرُونَ

(Little is the thanks you give!) means, for these strengths with which Allah has provided you; the one who is truly blessed is the one who uses them to worship and obey his Lord, may He be exalted and glorified.