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YUSUFALI : Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded into shape;

PICKTHAL : And (remember) when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter's clay of black mud altered,

SHAKIR : And when your Lord said to the angels: Surely I am going to create a mortal of the essence of black mud fashioned in shape.

M& HILALI : And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "I am going to create a man (Adam) from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud.