Surah Al-Hijr 15:26 — translation and meaning
الحجر · Verse 26 / 99 · Page 263
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
Word by Word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And verily
خَلَقْنَا
khalaqna
We created
الْإِنسَانَ
al-insana
humankind
مِن
min
(out) of
صَلْصَالٍ
salsalin
sounding clay
مِّنْ
min
from
حَمَإٍ
hama-in
black mud
مَّسْنُونٍ
masnunin
altered
Transliteration
Wa laqad khalaqnal insaana min salsaalim min hama im masnoon
Translation
And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
I created Adam from dried clay, if it is struck it sounds. This clay that he was created from is black and of an altered scent beacuse of the duration it has been left.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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