Surah Al-Hijr (الحجر) • The Rocky Tract

Quran 15:28

15:28

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

wa-idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

— Saheeh International

Your Lord said to the angels, ‘I will create a mortal out of dried clay, formed from dark mud.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "I am going to create a man (Adam) from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قَالَqālayour Lord said
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord said
لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the Angels
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
خَـٰلِقٌۢkhāliqun(will) create
بَشَرًۭاbasharana human being
مِّنmin(out) of
صَلْصَـٰلٍۢṣalṣālinclay
مِّنْminfrom
حَمَإٍۢḥama-inblack mud
مَّسْنُونٍۢmasnūninaltered