Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:72

38:72

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِينَ

fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīna

So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."

— Saheeh International

When I have shaped him and breathed from My Spirit into him, bow down before him.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So when I have fashioned him and breathed into him (his) soul created by Me, then you fall down prostrate to him."

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

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Word by Word

فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
سَوَّيْتُهُۥsawwaytuhuI have proportioned him
وَنَفَخْتُwanafakhtuand breathed
فِيهِfīhiinto him
مِنminof
رُّوحِىrūḥīMy spirit
فَقَعُوا۟faqaʿūthen fall down
لَهُۥlahuto him
سَـٰجِدِينَsājidīnaprostrating