After I have created him and breathed into him of My spirit,1 fall you down, prostrating yourselves to him.”2
Footnotes
[1]
For explanation, see (Surah Al-Hijr, Ayats 29-30), and(E.N. 16 of Surah As-Sajdah).
[2]
For explanation, see (Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayats 34); (Surah Al-Aaraf, Ayat 11) and the E.Ns thereof.
[3]
The Arabic word yamuduhuwhich means ‘replenish’ comes from the same root of the Arabic word medādwhich means ‘ink’, so it serves the meaning of ‘replenishing with ink’.
[4]Qira’at: Nafieʻ, Ibn Kathir, Ibn ʻAmer, Shuʻba and Abu Jaʻfar read it as: “. . . what you pl call upon . . .”