سُوْرَةُ الرُّوْمِ

Surah Ar-Room (30) — Ayah 20

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وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦٓ أَنْ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُم بَشَرٌ تَنتَشِرُونَ ﴿20﴾
And among His Signs is this, that He created you (Adam) from dust, and then [Hawwâ’ (Eve) from Adam’s rib, and then his offspring from the semen, and], - behold you are human beings scattered!
وَمِنْ wamin And among
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦٓ āyātihi His Signs
أَنْ an (is) that
خَلَقَكُم khalaqakum He created you
مِّن min from
تُرَابٍۢ turābin dust
ثُمَّ thumma then
إِذَآ idhā behold
أَنتُم antum You
بَشَرٌۭ basharun (are) human beings
تَنتَشِرُونَ tantashirūna dispersing

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

20-1. اِذَا is for suddenness; its purpose is to point towards those stages through which a child becomes a complete human being, the details of which are mentioned in other places in the Quran. تَنْتَشِرُوْنَ refers to people moving about for earning a livelihood and fulfilling other human needs and necessities.