Surah Ar Rahman Tafseer

He created man from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.

And the Jinn He created from a smokeless flame of fire.

Allah mentions that He created mankind from clay, like that used in pottery, and created the Jinns from the tip of the flame of a smokeless fire.

This was said by Ad-Dahhak from Ibn Abbas.

It was also said by Ikrimah, Mujahid, Al-Hasan and Ibn Zayd.

Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn Abbas,

"From the best part of the fire, from its smokeless flame."

Imam Ahmad recorded that A'ishah said that Allah's Messenger said,

خُلِقَتِ الْمَلَيِكَةُ مِنْ نُورٍ وَخُلِقَ الْجَانُّ مِنْ مَارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍ وَخُلِقَ ادَمُ مِمَّا وُصِفَ لَكُم

The angels were created from light, the Jinns from a smokeless flame of fire, and Adam from what was described to you.

Muslim also collected this Hadith.

Allah's statement:

فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ