وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّي خَٰلِقُۢ بَشَرٗا مِّن صَلۡصَٰلٖ مِّنۡ حَمَإٖ مَّسۡنُونٖ ٢٨
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.
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وَإِذۡ And when wa-idh قَالَ your Lord said qāla رَبُّكَ your Lord said rabbuka لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ to the Angels lil'malāikati إِنِّي Indeed, I innī خَٰلِقُۢ (will) create khāliqun بَشَرٗا a human being basharan مِّن (out) of min صَلۡصَٰلٖ clay ṣalṣālin مِّنۡ from min حَمَإٖ black mud ḥama-in مَّسۡنُونٖ altered masnūnin Tafsir O Messenger, remember when Allah said to the angels and Iblis, who was with them: I will create a being from dried clay that rings when it is hit, it is black and of an altered scent.
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