Clay

And He will teach him writing and wisdom¹ and the Torah and the Gospel

And [make him] a messenger to the Children of Israel, [who will say], 'Indeed I have come to you with a sign from your Lord in that I design for you from clay [that which is] like the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird by permission of Allāh. And I cure the blind [from birth] and the leper, and I give life to the dead - by permission of Allāh. And I inform you of what you eat and what you store in your houses. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers.

[The Day] when Allāh will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit [i.e., the angel Gabriel] and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and [remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind [from birth] and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, "This is not but obvious magic."

It is He who created you from clay and then decreed a term¹ and a specified time [known] to Him;² then [still] you are in dispute.

[Allāh] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay [i.e., earth]."

So when Our command came, We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of layered hard clay, [which were]

And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.

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

He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."

And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.

And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees.¹ He said, "Should I prostrate to one You created from clay?"

And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.

And Pharaoh said, "O eminent ones, I have not known you to have a god other than me. Then ignite for me, O Hāmān, [a fire] upon the clay¹ and make for me a tower that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I do think he is among the liars."

Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay.

Then inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created them [i.e., men] from sticky clay.

[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.

He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals¹

To send down upon them stones of clay,

He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.

Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?¹

Did He not make their plan into misguidance?¹

And He sent against them birds in flocks,

Striking them with stones of hard clay,