Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 29 (15:29)

ٱلْحِجْر

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ

Quran 15:29 is ayah 29 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.

15:29
فَإِذَاسَوَّيْتُهُۥوَنَفَخْتُفِيهِمِنرُّوحِىفَقَعُوا۟لَهُۥسَٰجِدِينَ٢٩
fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīna

And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."(29)

Word by word

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

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