Quran 15:28 — Al-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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when thy Lord said to the angels, 'See, I am creating a mortal of a clay of mud moulded.
- Muhammad Asad
- And lo! Thy Sustainer said unto the angels: "Behold, I am about to create mortal man out of sounding clay, out of dark slime transmuted;
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | قَالَqāla | your Lord said | قول |
| 3 | رَبُّكَrabbuka | your Lord said | ربب |
| 4 | لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikati | to the Angels | ملك |
| 5 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 6 | خَـٰلِقٌۢkhāliqun | (will) create | خلق |
| 7 | بَشَرًۭاbasharan | a human being | بشر |
| 8 | مِّنmin | (out) of | — |
| 9 | صَلْصَـٰلٍۢṣalṣālin | clay | صلصل |
| 10 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 11 | حَمَإٍۢḥama-in | black mud | حمأ |
| 12 | مَّسْنُونٍۢmasnūnin | altered | سنن |