Surah Sad, Ayah 72 (38:72)

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فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ

Quran 38:72 is ayah 72 of Surah Sad (“The Letter "Saad"”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 457 of the Madani Mushaf.

38:72
فَإِذَاسَوَّيْتُهُۥوَنَفَخْتُفِيهِمِنرُّوحِىفَقَعُوا۟لَهُۥسَٰجِدِينَ٧٢
fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīna

So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."(72)

Word by word

  1. فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
  2. سَوَّيْتُهُۥsawwaytuhuI have proportioned him
  3. وَنَفَخْتُwanafakhtuand breathed
  4. فِيهِfīhiinto him
  5. مِنminof
  6. رُّوحِىrūḥīMy spirit
  7. فَقَعُوا۟faqaʿūthen fall down
  8. لَهُۥlahuto him
  9. سَٰجِدِينَsājidīnaprostrating

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