Surah Al-Hijr 15:29 — translation and meaning

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فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ

Word by Word

فَإِذَا
fa-idha
So when
سَوَّيْتُهُ
sawwaytuhu
I have fashioned him
وَنَفَخْتُ
wanafakhtu
and [I] breathed
فِيهِ
fihi
into him
مِن
min
of
رُّوحِي
ruhi
My spirit
فَقَعُوا
faqa'u
then fall down
لَهُ
lahu
to him
سَاجِدِينَ
sajidina
prostrating

Transliteration

Fa izaa sawwaituhoo wa nafakhtu feehi mir roohee faqa'oo lahoo saajideen

Translation

And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

If I fashion his image and perfect his creation then prostrate to him in obedience to My command and to greet him.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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