سُوْرَةُ الرَّحْمٰنِ
Surah Ar-Rahmaan (55) — Ayah 14
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ ﴿14﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
He created
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ
l-insāna
the man
مِن
min
from
صَلْصَـٰلٍۢ
ṣalṣālin
clay
كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
kal-fakhāri
like the pottery
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14. He created man from sounding clay like pottery [12].
[12]
The Stages of Creation of the Figure of Sayyiduna Adam:
This is the seventh and final stage in the creation of the figure of Sayyiduna Adam, and the order of these seven stages is as follows:
(1) ﴿تراب﴾ meaning dry clay [المومن : 67]
(2) ﴿ارض﴾ meaning ordinary soil or earth [نوح : 17]
(3) ﴿طين﴾ meaning wet clay or mortar [الانعام : 2]
(4) ﴿طِيْنٍ لاَّزِبٍ﴾ meaning sticky and adhesive clay [الصافات : 11]
(5) ﴿حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُوْنٍ﴾ meaning foul-smelling mud [الحجر : 26]
(6) ﴿صَلَصَالٍ﴾ meaning pottery or clay baked by heat [ايضاً]
(7) ﴿صَلْصَالٍ كَاْلفَخَّارٍ﴾ meaning a piece of pottery that rings with a sound [الرحمن : 14]
Then, when Allah Almighty breathed into it from His spirit, it became a human being. He was made the one to whom the angels prostrated. Then from him his spouse was created [4: 1]
After that, his progeny was continued from a humble fluid, for which the word "nutfah" is used in other places.
[12]
The Stages of Creation of the Figure of Sayyiduna Adam:
This is the seventh and final stage in the creation of the figure of Sayyiduna Adam, and the order of these seven stages is as follows:
(1) ﴿تراب﴾ meaning dry clay [المومن : 67]
(2) ﴿ارض﴾ meaning ordinary soil or earth [نوح : 17]
(3) ﴿طين﴾ meaning wet clay or mortar [الانعام : 2]
(4) ﴿طِيْنٍ لاَّزِبٍ﴾ meaning sticky and adhesive clay [الصافات : 11]
(5) ﴿حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُوْنٍ﴾ meaning foul-smelling mud [الحجر : 26]
(6) ﴿صَلَصَالٍ﴾ meaning pottery or clay baked by heat [ايضاً]
(7) ﴿صَلْصَالٍ كَاْلفَخَّارٍ﴾ meaning a piece of pottery that rings with a sound [الرحمن : 14]
Then, when Allah Almighty breathed into it from His spirit, it became a human being. He was made the one to whom the angels prostrated. Then from him his spouse was created [4: 1]
After that, his progeny was continued from a humble fluid, for which the word "nutfah" is used in other places.
