Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:71

38:71

إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ

idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṭīnin

[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.

— Saheeh International

Your Lord said to the angels, ‘I will create a man from clay.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(Remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "Truly I am going to create man from clay".

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

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Word by Word

إِذْidhWhen
قَالَqālasaid
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the Angels
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I Am
خَـٰلِقٌۢkhāliqungoing to create
بَشَرًۭاbasharana human being
مِّنminfrom
طِينٍۢṭīninclay