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Al-Hijr 28

Ayah 28 of 99 · Meccan

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. قَالَyour Lord saidqāla
  3. رَبُّكَyour Lord saidrabbuka
  4. لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِto the Angelslil'malāikati
  5. إِنِّيIndeed, Iinnī
  6. خَٰلِقُۢ(will) createkhāliqun
  7. بَشَرٗاa human beingbasharan
  8. مِّن(out) ofmin
  9. صَلۡصَٰلٖclayṣalṣālin
  10. مِّنۡfrommin
  11. حَمَإٖblack mudḥama-in
  12. مَّسۡنُونٖalteredmasnūnin

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.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran