Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[For,] lo, thy Sustainer said unto the angels: “Behold, I am about to create a human being out of clay
Arthur John Arberry
When thy Lord said to the angels, 'See, I am creating a mortal of a clay
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man from clay
Arabic
إِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ إِنِّی خَـٰلِقُۢ بَشَرࣰا مِّن طِینࣲ ٧١
Transliteration (2021)
idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṭīni