Quran 15:26 — Al-Hijr, verse 26
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We created man out of dried clay formed from dark mud-
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَإٍ مَسْنُونٍ
walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Surely We created man of a clay of mud moulded,
- Muhammad Asad
- AND, INDEED, We have created man out of sounding clay, out of dark-slime transmuted
- Sahih International
- And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And verily | — |
| 2 | خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnā | We created | خلق |
| 3 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna | humankind | أنس |
| 4 | مِنmin | (out) of | — |
| 5 | صَلْصَـٰلٍۢṣalṣālin | sounding clay | صلصل |
| 6 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 7 | حَمَإٍۢḥama-in | black mud | حمأ |
| 8 | مَّسْنُونٍۢmasnūnin | altered | سنن |