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Quran 15:28Al-Hijr, verse 28

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

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

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَإٍ مَسْنُونٍ

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

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Word-by-word analysis of Al-Hijr verse 28
#WordMeaningRoot
1وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
2قَالَqālayour Lord saidقول
3رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord saidربب
4لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the Angelsملك
5إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
6خَـٰلِقٌۢkhāliqun(will) createخلق
7بَشَرًۭاbasharana human beingبشر
8مِّنmin(out) of
9صَلْصَـٰلٍۢṣalṣālinclayصلصل
10مِّنْminfrom
11حَمَإٍۢḥama-inblack mudحمأ
12مَّسْنُونٍۢmasnūninalteredسنن