As-Sajdah 32:7

<h2>The Creation of Man in Stages</h2><p>Allah tells us that He has created everything well and formed everything in a goodly fashion. Malik said, narrating from Zayd bin Aslam:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">الَّذِى أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُ</div><p>(Who made everything He has created good) means, "He created everything well and in a goodly fashion." When Allah mentions the creation of the heavens and the earth, He follows that by mentioning the creation of man. Allah says:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَبَدَأَ خَلْقَ الإِنْسَـنِ مِن طِينٍ</div><p>(and He began the creation of man from clay.) meaning, He created the father of mankind, Adam, from clay.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهُ مِن سُلاَلَةٍ مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ </div><p>(Then He made his offspring from semen of despised water.) means, they reproduce in this fashion, from a Nutfah which comes from the loins of men and from between the ribs of women.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">ثُمَّ سَوَّاهُ</div><p>(Then He fashioned him in due proportion,) means, when He created Adam from clay, He created him and gave him shape and made him upright.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِهِ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالاٌّبْصَـرَ وَالاٌّفْئِدَةَ</div><p>(and breathed into him the soul; and He gave you hearing, sight and the sense of deduction.) means, reason.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">قَلِيلاً مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ</div><p>(Little is the thanks …

Who made all things good which He created, and He began the creation of man from clay;

He Who has made everything which He has created most good: He began the creation of man with (nothing more than) clay,

Who made everything He has created good, and He began the creation of man from clay.

He who perfected everything He created, and originated the creation of man from clay.