سورة الرحمن، الآية ١٤
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ ١٤
khalaqa l-insāna min ṣalṣālin kal-fakhāri
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
Verse 14 of Surah Ar-Rahman (55:14), a Medinan surah, is in juz 27, on page 531 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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He created Adam (peace be upon him) from dried clay that has a clatter like that of baked clay.
He created man from dry clay like pottery,
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
He created man of clay like the potter's,
He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery,
He created man from dry clay like earthen vessels,
He created man of dry clay like earthenware,
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
Created man from a clinging substance.
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ
He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once he is a clear adversary.
خُلِقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ سَأُو۟رِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِى فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
Man was created of haste [i.e., impatience]. I will show you My signs [i.e., vengeance], so do not impatiently urge Me.
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ وَبَدَأَ خَلْقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ مِن طِينٍ
Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay.
