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Dust and clay

التراب والصلصال

God created man from dust, then from a drop, then fashioned him a man; the human from dried clay of dark mud and the jinn from smokeless flame — 'You made me of fire and made him of clay.'

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Cosmology and creation

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 15:26· Qur'an 22:5· Qur'an 3:59· Qur'an 30:20· Qur'an 32:7· Qur'an 38:76· Qur'an 40:67· Qur'an 55:14· Qur'an 6:2· Qur'an 7:12

People and things also explored

Cosmic signs, miracles and the Qur'an as sign· al-Hay'a al-sunniyya (tradition-based cosmology)· Reflection on God's signs in creation· The signs in the human being (ayat al-insan)· The clouds· The deep sea· Adam's descendants latent in him· The earth

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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islam.museum contributors. “Dust and clay”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/clay-dust/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Cosmic signs, miracles and the Qur'an as sign

Sha'rawi holds that disbelief is an attempt to hide God's existence, and one hides only what exists. He divides the signs into cosmic signs that God made to serve humanity, miracles that God breaks natural order to bring through a messenger to confirm him, and the Qur'an itself as signs.