Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 55:14 | |
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Transliteration | Khalaqa al-insana min salsalin kaalfakhkhari |
Literal | He created the human/mankind from dry mud/clay as the pottery/earthenware. |
Yusuf Ali | He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery, |
Pickthal | He created man of clay like the potter's, |
Arberry | He created man of a clay like the potter's, |
Shakir | He created man from dry clay like earthen vessels, |
Sarwar | He created the human being from clay like that used for pottery |
Khalifa | He created the human from aged clay, like the potter's clay. |
Hilali/Khan | He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery. |
H/K/Saheeh | He created man from clay like [that of] pottery. |
Malik | He created man from sounding clay similar to pottery,[14] |
QXP | He created the human out of inorganic matter that sounded like an empty pot. (And it was empty of a trace of the finished form). |
Maulana Ali | He created man from dry clay like earthen vessels, |
Free Minds | He created the human from a clay, like pottery. |
Qaribullah | He created the human from clay, like earthenware |
George Sale | He created man of dried clay like an earthen vessel: |
JM Rodwell | He created man of clay like that of the potter. |
Asad | He has created man out of sounding clay, like pottery, [See 15:26 and the corresponding note.] |
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