Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
He has created man out of sounding clay, like pottery
M. M. Pickthall
He created man of clay like the potter's
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
He created humankind from ˹sounding˺ clay like pottery,
Safi Kaskas
He created Humankind from dry clay, ringing like pottery.
Wahiduddin Khan
He has created man, from dry ringing clay, like the potters
Shakir
He created man from dry clay like earthen vessels
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
He created the human being from earth mud like potter’s clay.
T.B.Irving
He created man from ringing clay just as a potter does,
Abdul Hye
He created man from sounding clay like the clay of pottery,
The Study Quran
He created man from dried clay, like earthen vessels
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
He created man from clay, akin to pottery.
Talal Itani (2012)
He created man from hard clay, like bricks
Dr. Kamal Omar
He created (the first of the) human being from sounding clay, like the clay-pieces of broken pottery
He created man from sounding clay similar to pottery
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
He created man of dry clay like earthenware
Muhammad Sarwar
He created the human being from clay like that used for potter
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He has created man from dry clay, ringing like pottery
Shabbir Ahmed
He created the human out of inorganic matter that sounded like an empty pot. (And it was empty of a trace of the finished form)
Dr. Munir Munshey
He created the human kind out of dried mud, like a potter´s clay
Syed Vickar Ahamed
He created man from sounding clay like the clay of pottery
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
He created the human from a clay, like pottery
Abdel Haleem
He created mankind out of dried clay, like pottery
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He created man of clay like, Unto pottery
Ahmed Ali
He created man of fermented clay dried tinkling hard like earthen ware
Aisha Bewley
He created man from dry earth like baked clay;
Ali Ünal
He has created human from sounding clay like the potter’s
Ali Quli Qara'i
He created man out of dry clay, like the potter’s
Hamid S. Aziz
He created man from dry clay like earthen vessels (as containers)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He created human being from dried clay like pottery clay.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
He created the human being from sounding clay like pottery
Musharraf Hussain
He created human beings from oven-baked clay,
Maududi
He has created man from dry, rotten clay like the potter´s
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He created man from a sludge, like pottery.
Mohammad Shafi
He has created mankind of clay, as [mankind make] pottery [out of it]
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
He made man from ringing clay, it is like a potsherd.
He created the human from aged clay, like the potter's clay.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He created the human from clay, like earthenwar
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He created man from dry clay like earthen vessels
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
He created the human/mankind from dry mud/clay as the pottery/earthenware
Bijan Moeinian
He is the One Who created man from earthly materials and created Jinns (extra-terrestrials)…
Faridul Haque
He created man from clay like that of earthenware
Sher Ali
He created man of dry ringing clay which is like baked pottery
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
He is the One Who created man from a dry mud sounding like earthenware
Amatul Rahman Omar
He created human being from the essence extracted from dry ringing clay like a piece of baked pottery (-with the faculty of speech and possessing pliant and submissive nature)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
He created the human being from dry sounding clay like the pottery.
Munir Mezyed
He created man from dry clay like baked pottery;
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
He created man from a cement like in pottery.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
He created humanity from sounding clay, similar to pottery.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
He created man from potter’s clay like pottery
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
He created man from ringing clay just as a potter does,
Samy Mahdy
He created the human from Silsal, like the pottery.
Ahmed Hulusi
He created man (the body) from processed dry clay (the formation of the cellular structure).
Mir Aneesuddin
He created man from mud, like (that used in) pottery.
He created man's material part from clay, the same material of which earthenware vessels are made of
The Wise Quran
He created man from clay like the pottery.