وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- ஓசை தரக்கூடிய கருப்பான களி மண்ணால் மனிதனை நிச்சயமாக நாமே படைத்தோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද සැබැවින් ම (දිගු කල් පැවතීමෙන්) වෙනස් වන සුළු, වියළුණු කළු මැටියෙන් මිනිස් වර්ගයා අපි මැව්වෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- یقیناً ہم نے انسان کو کالی اور سڑی ہوئی کھنکھناتی مٹی سے، پیدا فرمایا ہے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 本当にわれは人類を，泥で形作って陶土から創った。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我确已用黑色的成形的黏土创造了人。
Tafsir of 15:26
The Substances from which Mankind and Jinns were created Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and Qatadah said that Salsal means dry mud. The apparent meaning is similar to the Ayah: خَلَقَ الإِنسَنَ مِن صَلْصَلٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ - وَخَلَقَ الْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ (He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the potter's clay, And He created the Jinns from a smokeless flame of fire.) (55:14-15) It was also reported from Mujahid that, صَلْصَلٍ (dried (sounding) clay) means "putrid", but it is more appropriate to interpret an Ayah with another Ayah. مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ (of altered mud) means the dried clay that comes from mud, which is soil. "Altered" here means smooth. وَالْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَهُ مِن قَبْلُ (And the Jinn, We created earlier) means before creating humans.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
