# Sad-Lam-Sad-Lam — صلصل (SlSl)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/SlSl

- **Meaning:** To resound, clash, be dried up, emit a sound. sallatun - sound, clank, dry earth. salsaal - dry ringing clay, sounding/dried clay.
- **Derived forms:** صَلْصَٰل (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** صَلْصَـٰلٍۢ — ṣalṣālin · "sounding clay"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَأٍ مَسْنُونٍۚ

Walaqad khalaqna al-insana minsalsalin min hama-in masnoon

And We created man from sounding clay, from dark slime transmuted.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-26.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** صَلْصَـٰلٍۢ — ṣalṣālin · "clay"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اِنّ۪ي خَالِقٌ بَشَراً مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَأٍ مَسْنُونٍ

Wa-ith qala rabbuka lilmala-ikatiinnee khaliqun basharan min salsalin min hama-inmasnoon

And when thy Lord said to the angels: “I am creating a mortal from sounding clay, from dark slime transmuted,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-28.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** صَلْصَـٰلٍۢ — ṣalṣālin · "clay"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

قَالَ لَمْ اَكُنْ لِاَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَأٍ مَسْنُونٍ

Qala lam akun li-asjuda libasharinkhalaqtahu min salsalin min hama-in masnoon

Said he: “I am not one to submit to a mortal whom Thou hast created from sounding clay, from dark slime transmuted.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-33.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** صَلْصَـٰلٍۢ — ṣalṣālin · "clay"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِۙ

Khalaqa al-insana min salsalinkalfakhkhar

He created man of sounding clay like pottery,

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-14.md_

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