15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 26
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَأٍ مَسْنُونٍۚ
Walaqad khalaqna al-insana minsalsalin min hama-in masnoon
We created mankind out of dried clay formed from fetid black mud.
- Progressive Muslims
And We have created man from a clay hardened and shaped.
- Shabbir Ahmed
And, indeed, We created man from sounding clay, out of dark inorganic matter. (37:11).
- Sam Gerrans
And We created man from sounding clay, from dark slime transmuted.
- The Monotheist Group
AndWe have created man from a sludge from hot sediment.
- Edip-Layth
We have created the human being from hardened clay of aged mud.
- Aisha Bewley
We created mankind out of dried clay formed from fetid black mud.
- Rashad Khalifa
We created the human being from aged mud, like the potter's clay.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Man We fashioned from fermented clay dried tingling hard,
- Sahih International
And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.
- Muhammad Asad
AND, INDEED, We have created man out of sounding clay, out of dark-slime transmuted
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Verily We created man of potter's clay of black mud altered,
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And We created man from dried clay, a product of dark modelling clay that has been polished.
- Bijan Moeinian
I created man from an aged mud (like the one used in the pottery. )
- Al-Hilali & Khan
And indeed, We created man from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape;
- Mustafa Khattab
Indeed, We created man from sounding clay moulded from black mud.
- Taqi Usmani
Indeed We created man from a ringing clay made of decayed mud.
- Abdul Haleem
We created man out of dried clay formed from dark mud-
- Arthur John Arberry
Surely We created man of a clay of mud moulded,
- E. Henry Palmer
And we did create man from crackling clay of black mull wrought in form.
- Hamid S. Aziz
And We did create man from potter's (or sound emitting) clay of black mud wrought into form.
- Mahmoud Ghali
And indeed We already created man of dry clay of mud modeled.
- George Sale
We created man of dried clay, of black mud, formed into shape:
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
And indeed, We created man from dried clay (earth) that is capable of making sounds, from mud cast into shapes;
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Surely, We created human being from dry ringing clay, (transformed) from black mud moulded into shape.
- Ali Quli Qarai
Certainly We created man out of a dry clay [drawn] from an aging mud,