The first human being was created by Allah shaping clay into human form and breathing a soul into it:
Your Lord said to the angels, "I am going to create a human being out of clay. When I have formed him and breathed My Spirit into him, fall down in prostration to him!" (Qur'an, 38:71-72)
Then inquire of them: Is it they who are stronger in structure or other things We have created? We created them from sticky clay. (Qur'an, 37:11)
We created man from an extract of clay. (Qur'an, 23:12)
The information revealed in the Quran 1,400 years ago confirms what modern science tells us-the fact that the same elements are employed in human creation as those found in the soil.