وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ مِّنۡ حَمَإٖ مَّسۡنُونٖ ٢٦
And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَلَقَدۡAnd verilywalaqad
- خَلَقۡنَاWe createdkhalaqnā
- ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَhumankindl-insāna
- مِن(out) ofmin
- صَلۡصَٰلٖsounding clayṣalṣālin
- مِّنۡfrommin
- حَمَإٖblack mudḥama-in
- مَّسۡنُونٖalteredmasnūnin
Tafsir
I created Adam from dried clay, if it is struck it sounds. This clay that he was created from is black and of an altered scent beacuse of the duration it has been left.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran