وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن سُلَٰلَةٖ مِّن طِينٖ ١٢
And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَلَقَدۡAnd indeedwalaqad
- خَلَقۡنَاWe createdkhalaqnā
- ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَthe humankindl-insāna
- مِنfrommin
- سُلَٰلَةٖan essencesulālatin
- مِّنofmin
- طِينٖclayṭīnin
Tafsir
Verily, I created the father of mankind, Adam, from clay. I took the soil he was created from, from a mixture of water and the soil of the earth.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran