Surah Sad
Quran 38:71
Read Quran 38:71 from Surah Sad (The Letter Saad) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 38:71
إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِنْ طِينٍ٧١
When thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire,
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 38. Sad (The Letter Saad)
- Ayah
- 71 of 88
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 38:71
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 38:71
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
ثم ذكر اختصام الملأ الأعلى فقال: { إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ } على وجه الإخبار { إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِنْ طِينٍ } أي: مادته من طين.