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فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ ٧٢
fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīna
So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,1335 then fall down to him in prostration."
[1335] See footnote to 15:29.
Verse 72 of Surah Sad (38:72), 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.
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So once I have proportioned his form, made his appearance right and blown My spirit into him, prostrate to him”.
When I completed his creation and breathed into him of My spirit26, fall down in prostration to him.”
[26] See footnote 15:29.
So when I have fashioned him and breathed into him (his) soul created by Me, then you fall down prostrate to him."
And when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down before him prostrate,
"When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."
So when I have made him complete and breathed into him of My spirit, then fall down making obeisance to him.
So when I have molded him and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down to him prostrating!"
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ
And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."
