English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
Verily, We created man from an extract of clay;
English - Five Volume Translation
Verily, We created man from an extract of clay;
Important Words:
سلالة (extract) is derived from سل (salla). They say سل الشیء i.e. he drew out the thing or he drew it out from another thing gently. سلالة means, what is or becomes drawn forth from a thing. سلالة الشیء means, an extract of a thing; the clear or pure part or the choice, the best or most excellent part of a thing; the sperma genitalis of a man; the water that is drawn from the back; progeny (Lane & Aqrab).
طین (clay) is derived from طان. They say طانه i.e. he plastered it with clay or mud. طانه اللّٰه علی الخیر means, God created him with a good natural disposition. طین means, clay, mud, earth, mould, soil (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
With this verse begins a description of the process of creation of the noblest handiwork of God—man, from the earliest stage when he lies dormant in the form of dust. The inorganic constituents of the earth through a subtle process of change become converted into the germ of life by way of food which a human being eats.
English - Short Commentary Translation
Verily, We created man from an extract of clay;
After having mentioned in the first ten verses of the Surah the different stages of spiritual evolution of man, the Qur’an proceeds to describe in this and the next few verses the different stages of his physical development and thus establishes a remarkable parallelism between his physical and spiritual birth and growth. Leaving out biological technicalities, the Surah gives the description in a clear and easily understandable language. Biology has not discovered anything which even remotely contradicts the Quranic description. The words, We created man from an extract of clay, mention the process of man’s creation from the earliest stage when he lies dormant in the form of dust, and the inorganic constituents of the earth through a subtle process of change become converted into the life-germ by way of food which a human being eats. At the stage, then We clothed the bones with flesh (23:15), the physical growth of the embryo becomes complete.
اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ
اور یقیناً ہم نے انسان کو گیلی مٹی کے خلاصے سے پیدا کیا۔
French
En vérité, Nous avons créé l’homme d’un extrait d’argile ;
German
Wahrlich, Wir erschufen den Menschen aus reinstem Ton;
Italian
In verità, Noi creammo l'uomo da un depurato d'argilla;
Spanish
En verdad, creamos al hombre de un extracto de arcilla;
اردو تفسیرِ صغیر
اور ہم نے انسان کو گیلی مٹی کے خلاصہ سے بنایا۔
اردو ترجمہ مودودی
ہم نے انسان کو مٹی کے ست سے بنایا
English - Sahih
And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.
اردو ترجمہ احمد علی
اور البتہ ہم نے انسان کومٹی کے خلاصہ سے پیدا کیا
English - Talal Itani
And indeed, We created the humankind from an essence of clay.
English - Arberry
We created man of an extraction of clay,
English - Maududi
We created man out of the extract of clay,
English - Ahmed Ali
We created man from the finest extract of clay,
English - Yusuf Ali
Man We did create from a quintessence (of clay);
English - Five Volume Commentary *
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Important Words:
سلالة (extract) is derived from سل (salla). They say سل الشیء i.e. he drew out the thing or he drew it out from another thing gently. سلالة means, what is or becomes drawn forth from a thing. سلالة الشیء means, an extract of a thing; the clear or pure part or the choice, the best or most excellent part of a thing; the sperma genitalis of a man; the water that is drawn from the back; progeny (Lane & Aqrab).
طین (clay) is derived from طان. They say طانه i.e. he plastered it with clay or mud. طانه اللّٰه علی الخیر means, God created him with a good natural disposition. طین means, clay, mud, earth, mould, soil (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
With this verse begins a description of the process of creation of the noblest handiwork of God—man, from the earliest stage when he lies dormant in the form of dust. The inorganic constituents of the earth through a subtle process of change become converted into the germ of life by way of food which a human being eats.
English - Short Commentary Notes *
1984
After having mentioned in the first ten verses of the Surah the different stages of spiritual evolution of man, the Qur’an proceeds to describe in this and the next few verses the different stages of his physical development and thus establishes a remarkable parallelism between his physical and spiritual birth and growth. Leaving out biological technicalities, the Surah gives the description in a clear and easily understandable language. Biology has not discovered anything which even remotely contradicts the Quranic description. The words, We created man from an extract of clay, mention the process of man’s creation from the earliest stage when he lies dormant in the form of dust, and the inorganic constituents of the earth through a subtle process of change become converted into the life-germ by way of food which a human being eats. At the stage, then We clothed the bones with flesh (23:15), the physical growth of the embryo becomes complete.
English - Pickthall
Verily We created man from a product of wet earth;
English - Muhammad Ali ra
And certainly We create man of an extract of clay,
English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ra
Verily, We created man from an extract of clay;