Al-Mu'minun (The Believers)
Verse 12of 118
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن سُلَٰلَةٍۢ مِّن طِينٍۢ﴿١٢﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.
Word-by-word meaning
وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd indeed
خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe created
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānathe humankind
مِنminfrom
سُلَـٰلَةٍۢsulālatinan essence
مِّنminof
طِينٍۢṭīninclay
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
The Sign of Allah in the progressive creation of Man from Clay then from Nutfah and thereafterAllah tells us how He initially created man from an extract of Tin. This was Adam, peace be upon him, whom Allah created from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud. Ibn Jarir said, "Adam was called Tin because he was created from it." Qatadah said, "Adam was created from Tin.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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