فَإِذَا سَوَّيۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُواْ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ ٧٢
So 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)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَإِذَاSo whenfa-idhā
- سَوَّيۡتُهُۥI have proportioned himsawwaytuhu
- وَنَفَخۡتُand breathedwanafakhtu
- فِيهِinto himfīhi
- مِنofmin
- رُّوحِيMy spiritrūḥī
- فَقَعُواْthen fall downfaqaʿū
- لَهُۥto himlahu
- سَٰجِدِينَprostratingsājidīna
Tafsir
So once I have proportioned his form, made his appearance right and blown My spirit into him, prostrate to him”.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran