Surah Hijr ayat 26 Tafsir Quran 15:26

﴿وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ﴾
[ الحجر: 26]

15:26 And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.

And verily We created man Adam out of a dry clinking clay that gives off a clinking sound when it is tapped of malleable mud black mud.

And We created man from dried clay, a product of dark modelling clay that has been polished

And indeed, We created man from dried ( sounding ) clay of altered mud ( 26 )And the Jinn, We created earlier from the smokeless flame of fire ( 27 ) The Substances from which Mankind and Jinns were created Ibn 'Abbas, Mujahid and Qatadah said that Salsal means dry mud.
The apparent meaning is similar to the Ayah: خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ - وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ ( He created man (Adam ) from sounding clay like the potter's clay, And He created the Jinns from a smokeless flame of fire.)( 55:14-15 ) It was also reported from Mujahid that, صَلْصَالٍ ( dried (sounding ) clay) means "putrid", but it is more appropriate to interpret an Ayah with another Ayah. مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ( of altered mud ) means the dried clay that comes from mud, which is soil.
"Altered" here means smooth. وَالْجَانَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ ( And the Jinn, We created earlier ) means before creating humans. مِن نَّارِ السَّمُومِ ( from the smokeless flame of fire. ) Ibn 'Abbas said, "It is the smokeless flame that kills." Abu Dawud At-Tayalisi said that Shu'bah narrated to them from Abu Ishaq, who said: "I visited 'Umar Al-Asamm when he was sick, and he said: 'Shall I not tell you a Hadith that I heard from 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud? He said: 'This smokeless flame is one of the seventy parts of the smokeless fire from which the Jinn where created.
Then he recited, وَالْجَانَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ السَّمُومِ ( And the Jinn, We created earlier from the smokeless flame of fire ).'" The following is found in the Sahih, خُلِقَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ نُورٍ، وَخُلِقَتِ الْجَانُّ مِنْ مَارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍ، وَخُلِقَ آدَمُ مِمَّا وُصِفَ لَكُم ( The angels were created from light, the Jinn were created from a smokeless flame of fire, and Adam was created from that which has been described to you. ) The Ayah is intended to point out the noble nature, good essence and pure origin of Adam.

(15:26) We created Man from dried clay of rotten earth: *17

And We did certainly create man out meaning

*17) The Arabic word " salsal " means the dried clay which produces a sound like pottery."
"Hams " is "the black mud which has become so rotten as to be in a fermented state."
"Masnun" has a double meaning: ( a ) "rotten clay which has become greasy" ( b ) clay which has been moulded into a shape. " It is clear from the wording of the text that at first the image of man was made of clay from rotten earth and when it dried up, soul was breathed into it.
Thus the Qur'an positively refutes the Darwinian theory of Evolution that man came into existence after passing through continuous genetic adaptations.
It will, therefore, be a futile attempt, as some modernised commentators have done, to prove that theory from the Qur'an.

 

And indeed, We created man from dried ( sounding ) clay of altered mud ( 26 )And the Jinn, We created earlier from the smokeless flame of fire ( 27 ) The Substances from which Mankind and Jinns were created Ibn 'Abbas, Mujahid and Qatadah said that Salsal means dry mud.
The apparent meaning is similar to the Ayah: خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ - وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ ( He created man (Adam ) from sounding clay like the potter's clay, And He created the Jinns from a smokeless flame of fire.)( 55:14-15 ) It was also reported from Mujahid that, صَلْصَالٍ ( dried (sounding ) clay) means "putrid", but it is more appropriate to interpret an Ayah with another Ayah. مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ( of altered mud ) means the dried clay that comes from mud, which is soil.
"Altered" here means smooth. وَالْجَانَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ ( And the Jinn, We created earlier ) means before creating humans. مِن نَّارِ السَّمُومِ ( from the smokeless flame of fire. ) Ibn 'Abbas said, "It is the smokeless flame that kills." Abu Dawud At-Tayalisi said that Shu'bah narrated to them from Abu Ishaq, who said: "I visited 'Umar Al-Asamm when he was sick, and he said: 'Shall I not tell you a Hadith that I heard from 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud? He said: 'This smokeless flame is one of the seventy parts of the smokeless fire from which the Jinn where created.
Then he recited, وَالْجَانَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ السَّمُومِ ( And the Jinn, We created earlier from the smokeless flame of fire ).'" The following is found in the Sahih, خُلِقَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ نُورٍ، وَخُلِقَتِ الْجَانُّ مِنْ مَارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍ، وَخُلِقَ آدَمُ مِمَّا وُصِفَ لَكُم ( The angels were created from light, the Jinn were created from a smokeless flame of fire, and Adam was created from that which has been described to you. ) The Ayah is intended to point out the noble nature, good essence and pure origin of Adam.

( Verily We created man ) Adam ( of potter’s clay ) of dry clay ( of black mud altered ) clay that stinks; it is also said that this means: shaped clay.

And indeed, We created man from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud.

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