And lo! Thy Sustainer said unto the angels: "Behold, I am about to create mortal man out of sounding clay, out of dark slime transmuted;

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

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

And when thy Lord said to the angels: I am going to create a mortal of sounding clay, of black mud fashioned into shape.

And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.