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Reflections on Surah Al-Hijr Ayah 28

15:28
واذ قال ربك للملايكة اني خالق بشرا من صلصال من حما مسنون ٢٨
وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًۭا مِّن صَلْصَـٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ ٢٨
وَإِذۡﲮ
قَالَﲯ
رَبُّكَﲰ
لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِﲱ
إِنِّيﲲ
خَٰلِقُۢﲳ
بَشَرٗاﲴ
مِّنﲵ
صَلۡصَٰلٖﲶ
مِّنۡﲷ
حَمَإٖﲸ
مَّسۡنُونٖﲹ
٢٨ﲺ
˹Remember, O  Prophet˺ when your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from sounding clay moulded from black mud.1
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Ilham Amin
7 weeks ago · Referencing Ayah 15:26-33
Certain repetitions in the Quran are just impossible to miss. In just a couple of ayaat, the phrase مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ is repeated word for word 3 times. If it were just one word, perhaps I wouldn't have noticed. But the entire phrase keeps resounding like an alarm going off each time it repeats. So naturally, I wondered why.

The first time, it comes as information – a matter of fact – from Allah regarding the material that H...
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