Surah Al-Hijr — Verse 28

The Rocky Tract · 15:28 · 28/99

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

Wa-ith qala rabbuka lilmala-ikatiinnee khaliqun basharan min salsalin min hama-inmasnoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh 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.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

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

Marmaduke Pickthall

And (remember) when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter's clay of black mud altered,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded into shape;

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Recall when your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from a ringing clay made of decayed mud.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "I am going to create a man (Adam) from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Recall when your Lord said to the angels: "I will indeed bring into being a human being out of dry ringing clay wrought from black mud.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

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;

Rowwad · source edition

And [remember] when your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from sounding clay, made of aging mud.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

28. And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "I am going to create a man (Adam) from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud.