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  • فَإِذَا So when
  • سَوَّيۡتُهُۥ I have proportioned him
  • وَنَفَخۡتُ and breathed
  • فِيهِ into him
  • مِن of
  • رُّوحِي My spirit
  • فَقَعُواْ then fall down
  • لَهُۥ to him
  • سَٰجِدِينَ prostrating
So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,1 then fall down to him in prostration."
Footnotes
1 - See footnote to 15:29.
So when I have proportioned him, completed him, and breathed in him, [when I have] caused to flow [therein], My spirit, so that he becomes a living [being] - the addition of 'the spirit' to Adam is an honour for him; the 'spirit' is a subtle body that gives life to a human being by permeating him - then fall down in prostration before him!' - a prostration of salutation [that is actually] a bow.