Quran 38:72 — Saad, verse 72
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When I have shaped him and breathed from My Spirit into him, bow down before him.’
فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِنْ رُوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ
fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When I have shaped him, and breathed My spirit in him, fall you down, bowing before him!'
- Muhammad Asad
- and when I have formed him fully and breathed into him of My spirit, fall you down before him in prostration!”
- Sahih International
- So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | So when | — |
| 2 | سَوَّيْتُهُۥsawwaytuhu | I have proportioned him | سوي |
| 3 | وَنَفَخْتُwanafakhtu | and breathed | نفخ |
| 4 | فِيهِfīhi | into him | — |
| 5 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 6 | رُّوحِىrūḥī | My spirit | روح |
| 7 | فَقَعُوا۟faqaʿū | then fall down | وقع |
| 8 | لَهُۥlahu | to him | — |
| 9 | سَـٰجِدِينَsājidīna | prostrating | سجد |