26 Preface وَلَقَد خَلَقنَا الإِنسانَ مِن صَلصالٍ مِن حَمَإٍ مَسنونٍAli Quli QaraiCertainly We created man out of a dry clay1 [drawn] from an aging mud, Or ‘clinking clay,’ that is, giving a clinking sound due to being hard and dry. Cf. 15:28.