Surah Al-Hijr — Verse 29

The Rocky Tract · 15:29 · 29/99

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِينَ

Fa-itha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehimin roohee faqaAAoo lahu sajideen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

When I have fashioned him and breathed My spirit into him, bow down before him,’

Marmaduke Pickthall

So, when I have made him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."

Mufti Taqi Usmani

When I form him perfect, and blow in him of My spirit, then you must fall down before him in prostration.”

Al-Hilali & Khan

"So, when I have fashioned him completely and breathed into him (Adam) the soul which I created for him, then fall (you) down prostrating yourselves unto him."

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

When I have completed shaping him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall you down before him in prostration."

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

and when I have formed him fully and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down before him in prostration!

Rowwad · source edition

When I have shaped him and breathed into him of My spirit[12], then fall down before him in prostration.”

Notes

[12] The spirit which Allah created for that body, not His own Spirit (as some mistakenly believe). Allah attributed it to Himself as a sign of honoring him, as in nāqat Allah (the she-camel of Allah).

Noor International · source edition

(29) And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,[675] then fall down to him in prostration."

Notes

[675]- The element of life and soul which Allāh created for that body, not His own spirit or part of Himself (as some mistakenly believe).

Hilali and Khan · source edition

29. "So, when I have fashioned him completely and breathed into him (Adam) the soul which I created for him, then fall (you) down prostrating yourselves unto him."