For once did Allah make a proclamation to the angels of a

﴿إِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّي خَٰلِقُۢ بَشَرٗا مِّن طِينٖ ﴾
[صٓ: 71]

For once did Allah make a proclamation to the angels of a great event. He said: "I am in the process of creating a human from clay

﴿إذ قال ربك للملائكة إني خالق بشرا من طين﴾ [صٓ: 71]

Dr Kamal Omar
When your Nourisher-Sustainer said to the angels: “Verily, I am about to create a human out of clay

Dr Laleh Bakhtiar
Thy Lord said to the angels: Truly, I am one who is Creator of a mortal from clay

Dr Munir Munshey
Your Lord said to the angels, "I am really going to create man from clay

Edward Henry Palmer
When thy Lord said to the angels, 'Verily, I am about to create a mortal out of clay

Farook Malik
Behold when your Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create a man from clay

George Sale
When thy Lord said unto the angels, verily I am about to create man of clay

Maududi
When your Lord said to the angels: "Verily I am creating a human being from clay