Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:12 — translation and meaning
المؤمنون · Verse 12 / 118 · Page 342
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن سُلَالَةٍ مِّن طِينٍ
Word by Word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And indeed
خَلَقْنَا
khalaqna
We created
الْإِنسَانَ
al-insana
the humankind
مِن
min
from
سُلَالَةٍ
sulalatin
an essence
مِّن
min
of
طِينٍ
tinin
clay
Transliteration
Wa laqad khalaqnal insaana min sulaalatim minteen
Translation
And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Verily, I created the father of mankind, Adam, from clay. I took the soil he was created from, from a mixture of water and the soil of the earth.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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