إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِنْ طِينٍ

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 (Orig. 1938)

Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man from clay

Arabic

إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًۭا مِّن طِينٍۢ ۝٧١

Transliteration

idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṭīni