﴿ إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًۭا مِّن طِينٍۢ ﴾

“[For,] lo, thy Sustainer said unto the angels: “Behold, I am about to create a human being out of clay;”

Then Allah explained the argument of the angels, saying: mention to them, O Muhammad (When thy Lord said unto the angels: lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire) i.e. Adam,