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Surah Al-Hijr, ayah 28

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

Al-Hijr · 15:28

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  1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
  2. قَالَqālayour Lord said
  3. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord said
  4. لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the Angels
  5. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
  6. خَـٰلِقٌۢkhāliqun(will) create
  7. بَشَرًۭاbasharana human being
  8. مِّنmin(out) of
  9. صَلْصَـٰلٍۢṣalṣālinclay
  10. مِّنْminfrom
  11. حَمَإٍۢḥama-inblack mud
  12. مَّسْنُونٍۢmasnūninaltered

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