Khalaqal insaana min salsaalin kalfakhkhaar

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ

Word By Word:

Khalaqa: HE Created

al-Insaan: the man

min: from

salsaalin: clay

kalfakhkhaar: like the pottery.

Translation:

HE Created man from sounding clay like unto pottery,

Ayah Tafseer:

The creation of men and Jinns is contrasted. Man was made of sounding clay, dry and brittle like pottery. The Jinn was made from a clear flame of fire. Yet each has capacities and possibilities which only Allah's Grace bestows on them. How can they deny Allah's favours?

Source: Yusuf Ali Translations and Notes