سُوْرَةُ الْعَنْكَبُوْتِ
Surah Al-Ankaboot (29) — Ayah 19
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ يُبْدِئُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ ﴿19﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
See they not how Allâh originates the creation, then repeats it. Verily, that is easy for Allâh.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Do not
يَرَوْا۟
yaraw
they see
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
يُبْدِئُ
yub'di-u
Allah originates
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah originates
ٱلْخَلْقَ
l-khalqa
the creation
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يُعِيدُهُۥٓ ۚ
yuʿīduhu
repeats it
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
عَلَى
ʿalā
for
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
يَسِيرٌۭ
yasīrun
(is) easy
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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19. Have they not seen how Allah originates the creation, then repeats it? Surely, this (repetition) is even easier for Allah [31].
[31]
The Creation of Man in the Womb:
The creative feats of Allah Almighty are countless. To date, one million species of living beings inhabiting the earth have been identified. The future is known to Allah. The creation of each of these species is distinct. Now, for example, let us take the species of man alone, because more information is available about it. Its beginning was such that Allah Almighty made its figure from clay with His own hand. At that time, it was lifeless. When He breathed the soul into it, it became alive. Then its progeny continued through procreation. Man consumed food obtained from the earth; these foods were dead and lifeless. From these, semen was formed in man, which contains countless sperm. This very semen reached the womb of the female, and after mixing with her substance, became a drop of fluid (nutfah), from nutfah to a clot (‘alaqah), from ‘alaqah to a lump of flesh (mudghah). Up to this point, all of this was dead and motionless. Later, Allah granted this lump of flesh a soul, so it became living and moving. Now came the turn for the shape and form of man. In the mother’s womb, there are so many cells, the number of which is known only to Allah. Each of these cells is engaged in its own task; it neither deviates from its path nor interferes in the work of another cell. The cell of the nose will reach exactly where the nose is to be, the eye’s cell to the place of the eye, the ear’s cell to the place of the ear, and the heel’s cell to the place of the heel. And these cells directly reach their respective places and perform their roles. Until a specific shape and form of man is established, and in the mother’s womb, this is such a regulated and strong system in which there is no deviation. It never happens that one nostril of a person’s nose is small and the other is large, or one nostril is elongated and the other is flat. The same is the case with other organs. Then, after a fixed period, man, alive and with form and shape, comes out of the mother’s womb. Thus, from dead foods, Allah made living things. And this process is ongoing at all times in animals, plants, and humans—in short, in all species. From this verse, it is understood that this birth through procreation is easier for Allah than the creation of the first living being of each species.
The Second Creation is Easier than the First:
Now, its second aspect is that man was alive, he died, and mingled with the soil. And on the Day of Resurrection, that very man will be raised up again. The changes that will occur within the soil and the manner in which man will be recreated are matters beyond human investigation. However, it is a self-evident truth , which requires no proof, that making a copy is easier than making the original. And the second rational argument is that the Being who, in the mother’s womb, establishes such a regulated and coherent system and can raise a living, human-like being from dead things, can certainly recreate every human from the mingled elements in the soil. And this second creation is relatively easier for Him.
[31]
The Creation of Man in the Womb:
The creative feats of Allah Almighty are countless. To date, one million species of living beings inhabiting the earth have been identified. The future is known to Allah. The creation of each of these species is distinct. Now, for example, let us take the species of man alone, because more information is available about it. Its beginning was such that Allah Almighty made its figure from clay with His own hand. At that time, it was lifeless. When He breathed the soul into it, it became alive. Then its progeny continued through procreation. Man consumed food obtained from the earth; these foods were dead and lifeless. From these, semen was formed in man, which contains countless sperm. This very semen reached the womb of the female, and after mixing with her substance, became a drop of fluid (nutfah), from nutfah to a clot (‘alaqah), from ‘alaqah to a lump of flesh (mudghah). Up to this point, all of this was dead and motionless. Later, Allah granted this lump of flesh a soul, so it became living and moving. Now came the turn for the shape and form of man. In the mother’s womb, there are so many cells, the number of which is known only to Allah. Each of these cells is engaged in its own task; it neither deviates from its path nor interferes in the work of another cell. The cell of the nose will reach exactly where the nose is to be, the eye’s cell to the place of the eye, the ear’s cell to the place of the ear, and the heel’s cell to the place of the heel. And these cells directly reach their respective places and perform their roles. Until a specific shape and form of man is established, and in the mother’s womb, this is such a regulated and strong system in which there is no deviation. It never happens that one nostril of a person’s nose is small and the other is large, or one nostril is elongated and the other is flat. The same is the case with other organs. Then, after a fixed period, man, alive and with form and shape, comes out of the mother’s womb. Thus, from dead foods, Allah made living things. And this process is ongoing at all times in animals, plants, and humans—in short, in all species. From this verse, it is understood that this birth through procreation is easier for Allah than the creation of the first living being of each species.
The Second Creation is Easier than the First:
Now, its second aspect is that man was alive, he died, and mingled with the soil. And on the Day of Resurrection, that very man will be raised up again. The changes that will occur within the soil and the manner in which man will be recreated are matters beyond human investigation. However, it is a self-evident truth , which requires no proof, that making a copy is easier than making the original. And the second rational argument is that the Being who, in the mother’s womb, establishes such a regulated and coherent system and can raise a living, human-like being from dead things, can certainly recreate every human from the mingled elements in the soil. And this second creation is relatively easier for Him.
