فَإِذَا سَوَّيۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُواْ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ ٢٩
And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,1 then fall down to him in prostration."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 The element of life and soul which Allāh created for that body, not His own spirit or part of Himself (as some mistakenly believe).
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَإِذَاSo, whenfa-idhā
- سَوَّيۡتُهُۥI have fashioned himsawwaytuhu
- وَنَفَخۡتُand [I] breathedwanafakhtu
- فِيهِinto himfīhi
- مِنofmin
- رُّوحِيMy spiritrūḥī
- فَقَعُواْthen fall downfaqaʿū
- لَهُۥto himlahu
- سَٰجِدِينَprostratingsājidīna
Tafsir
If I fashion his image and perfect his creation then prostrate to him in obedience to My command and to greet him.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran