Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Hijr, Ayah 26
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ
And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.
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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.
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Allah created Adam from a handful which he took from the whole of the earth ; so the children of Adam are in accordance with the earth : some red, some white, some black, some a mixture, also smooth a...
Narrated by Abu Musa al-Ash’ari reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#3039Da'if
that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Indeed Allah Most High created Adam from a handful that He took from all of the earth. So the children of Adam come in according with the earth, some of them com...
Narrated by Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(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.