The Quran

سورة الرَّحمٰن

Surah Al-Rahmân 55:14

The Most Gracious · Verse 14 of 78

خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

He created human being from the essence extracted from dry ringing clay like a piece of baked pottery (-with the faculty of speech and possessing pliant and submissive nature).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery,

Ahmed Ali

He created man of fermented clay dried tinkling hard like earthen ware,

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Ali Unal

He has created human from sounding clay like the potter’s;

Daryabadi

He created man of clay like, Unto pottery.

Faridul Haque

He created man from clay like that of earthenware.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He created man from dry clay like earthen vessels,

Maulvi Sher Ali

He created man of dry ringing clay which is like baked pottery.

Muhammad Asad

He has created man out of sounding clay, like pottery,

Muhammad Musin Khan

He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.

Muhammad Pickthall

He created man of clay like the potter's,

Muhammad Sarwar

He created the human being from clay like that used for pottery

Muhammed ali Shakir

He created man from dry clay like earthen vessels,

Rashad Khalifa

He created the human from aged clay, like the potter's clay.

Shabbir Ahmed

He created the human (initially) out of sounding inorganic matter, like pottery.