سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ
Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 12
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن سُلَـٰلَةٍ مِّن طِينٍ ﴿12﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And indeed We created man (Adam) out of an extract of clay (water and earth).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And indeed
خَلَقْنَا
khalaqnā
We created
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ
l-insāna
the humankind
مِن
min
from
سُلَـٰلَةٍۢ
sulālatin
an essence
مِّن
min
of
طِينٍۢ
ṭīnin
clay
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
1. The meaning of being created from clay is either that the father of mankind, Hazrat Adam ؑ, was created from clay, or that all the food a human consumes is produced from the earth, and in this sense, the origin of the sperm, which becomes the cause of human creation, is also clay.
