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إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ ٧١
idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṭīnin
[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.
Verse 71 of Surah Sad (38:71), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 457 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
79 recitations by 73 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
Remember when your Lord said to the angels: “I am going to create a man from clay, and he is Adam (peace be upon him).
[Remember] when your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from clay.
(Remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "Truly I am going to create man from clay".
When thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire,
Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man from clay:
When your Lord said to the angels; Surely I am going to create a mortal from dust:
(Remember) as your Lord said to the Angels, "Surely I am creating a mortal of a clay.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.
وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى جَاعِلٌ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ ٱلدِّمَآءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we exalt You with praise and declare Your perfection?" He [Allāh] said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know."
