Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 33 (15:33)

ٱلْحِجْر

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

Quran 15:33 is ayah 33 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 264 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:33
قَالَلَمْأَكُنلِّأَسْجُدَلِبَشَرٍخَلَقْتَهُۥمِنصَلْصَٰلٍمِّنْحَمَإٍمَّسْنُونٍ٣٣
qāla lam akun li-asjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin

He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."(33)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. لَمْlamI am not
  3. أَكُنakunI am not
  4. لِّأَسْجُدَli-asjuda(one) to prostrate
  5. لِبَشَرٍlibasharinto a human
  6. خَلَقْتَهُۥkhalaqtahuwhom You created
  7. مِنmin(out) of
  8. صَلْصَٰلٍṣalṣālinclay
  9. مِّنْminfrom
  10. حَمَإٍḥama-inblack mud
  11. مَّسْنُونٍmasnūninaltered

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