سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 2
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن طِينٍ ثُمَّ قَضَىٰٓ أَجَلًا ۖ وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى عِندَهُۥ ۖ ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ تَمْتَرُونَ ﴿2﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He it is Who has created you from clay, and then has decreed a (stated) term (for you to die). And there is with Him another determined term (for you to be resurrected), yet you doubt (in the Resurrection).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
(is) the One Who
خَلَقَكُم
khalaqakum
created you
مِّن
min
from
طِينٍۢ
ṭīnin
clay
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
قَضَىٰٓ
qaḍā
He decreed
أَجَلًۭا ۖ
ajalan
a term
وَأَجَلٌۭ
wa-ajalun
and a term
مُّسَمًّى
musamman
specified
عِندَهُۥ ۖ
ʿindahu
with Him
ثُمَّ
thumma
yet
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
تَمْتَرُونَ
tamtarūna
doubt
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
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.
2. 1. That is, your father Adam (علیہ السلام), who is your origin and from whom you all have descended. Another meaning could be that the food and nourishment you consume all originate from the earth, and from these nourishments the sperm is formed, which, after entering the mother's womb, becomes the cause of human creation. In this sense, it is as if your creation is from clay.
2. 2. That is, the time of death.
2. 3. That is, the time of the Hereafter, the knowledge of which is only with Allah. Thus, the first appointed term refers to the lifespan of a human from birth to death, and the second appointed term is the specified one. It refers to the total age of the world from the death of a person until the occurrence of the Resurrection, after which it will face decline and annihilation, and the life of another world, that is, the Hereafter, will begin.
2. 4. That is, regarding the occurrence of the Resurrection, as the disbelievers and polytheists used to say that when we die and mix with the soil, how will we be brought back to life again? Allah Almighty said that the One who created you the first time, He alone will bring you to life again. (Surah Yaseen)
2. 2. That is, the time of death.
2. 3. That is, the time of the Hereafter, the knowledge of which is only with Allah. Thus, the first appointed term refers to the lifespan of a human from birth to death, and the second appointed term is the specified one. It refers to the total age of the world from the death of a person until the occurrence of the Resurrection, after which it will face decline and annihilation, and the life of another world, that is, the Hereafter, will begin.
2. 4. That is, regarding the occurrence of the Resurrection, as the disbelievers and polytheists used to say that when we die and mix with the soil, how will we be brought back to life again? Allah Almighty said that the One who created you the first time, He alone will bring you to life again. (Surah Yaseen)
