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Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 28 (15:28)

ٱلْحِجْر

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

Quran 15:28 is ayah 28 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 263 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:28
وَإِذْقَالَرَبُّكَلِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِإِنِّىخَٰلِقٌۢبَشَرًامِّنصَلْصَٰلٍمِّنْحَمَإٍمَّسْنُونٍ٢٨
wa-idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin

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.(28)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
  2. قَالَqālayour Lord said
  3. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord said
  4. لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the Angels
  5. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
  6. خَٰلِقٌۢkhāliqun(will) create
  7. بَشَرًاbasharana human being
  8. مِّنmin(out) of
  9. صَلْصَٰلٍṣalṣālinclay
  10. مِّنْminfrom
  11. حَمَإٍḥama-inblack mud
  12. مَّسْنُونٍmasnūninaltered

Tafsir (commentary) of 15:28

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This commentary explains ayahs 15:28–33 together.

The creation of Adam, the Command to the Angels to prostrate to Him, and the Rebellion of Iblis

Allah informs us of how He mentioned Adam to His angels before He created him, and how He honored him by commanding the angels to prostrate to him. He mentions how His enemy Iblis, amidst all the angels, refused to prostrate to him out of envy, disbelief, stubbornness, arrogance, and false pride. This is why Iblis said:

لَمْ أَكُن لاًّسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَـلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

(I am not one to prostrate myself to a human, whom You created from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud.) this is like when he said,

أَنَاْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِينٍ

(I am better than him (Adam), You created me from Fire and him You created from clay.)(7:12) and

أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَـذَا الَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ

("Do you see this one whom You have honored above me...") 17:62

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