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Surah Ar-Room (30) — Ayah 20
وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦٓ أَنْ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُم بَشَرٌ تَنتَشِرُونَ ﴿20﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran (Facilitation of the Quran) is a comprehensive Quran commentary by Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. Known for his eloquent and accessible writing style, Kilani authored this tafsir with a focus on clarity — making Quranic meanings understandable to the common reader. The tafsir provides detailed historical context for verses related to battles and expeditions, and firmly refutes modernist ideologies using strong scriptural evidence. It is widely regarded as an invaluable resource for understanding the Quran and countering deviant interpretations. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
20. And among His signs is that He created you from dust [17]; then, behold, you are human beings spreading throughout the earth.
[17]
The Beautiful Combination of Difference and Uniformity in the Creation of Man: The Self-Operating Machinery of Man: What is Man?
A collection of a few elements that are found everywhere on the surface of the earth. For example, sodium, calcium, carbon, and a few other salts, and man has even discovered in what quantities these are present in the human body. But to take these very elements in the same quantities and create a living human being is beyond his capacity and understanding. What is the soul, where does it come from, and when does it come? Understanding this is also among the impossibilities. Then, within this clay figure, Allah Almighty creates emotions, feelings, intellect, consciousness, will, choice, and countless powers that are operating on their own, and in this, man’s will has not the slightest involvement. If there is a danger of something dangerous falling in front of the eyes, before a person can even think, his eyelids close to protect his eyes. When food is digested and the stomach becomes empty, hunger arises on its own, and man is compelled to eat something. When the body needs water, man is compelled to drink water. Similarly, to expel the waste of digested food, nature compels him to get up and do this task first. Then, from this clay figure of Adam, his mate was created, and from both of them, billions of human beings were produced, each of whom has a different appearance, voice, accent, even the sound of coughing is different from the other. It is not the case that Allah has set up a machine from which humans of the same model are coming out. The clear meaning of this is that in the creation of every human being, there is the individual attention of Allah Almighty. Can this great feat of creation be called the result of coincidences, as materialists think? And if it is the result of coincidences, then why does it not happen that one person has one long leg and one short leg, or one eye’s pupil is black and the other’s is blue? Does not this beautiful combination of difference and uniformity indicate that the Being who created man is both All-Powerful and All-Wise, and that He can only be One?
[17]
The Beautiful Combination of Difference and Uniformity in the Creation of Man: The Self-Operating Machinery of Man: What is Man?
A collection of a few elements that are found everywhere on the surface of the earth. For example, sodium, calcium, carbon, and a few other salts, and man has even discovered in what quantities these are present in the human body. But to take these very elements in the same quantities and create a living human being is beyond his capacity and understanding. What is the soul, where does it come from, and when does it come? Understanding this is also among the impossibilities. Then, within this clay figure, Allah Almighty creates emotions, feelings, intellect, consciousness, will, choice, and countless powers that are operating on their own, and in this, man’s will has not the slightest involvement. If there is a danger of something dangerous falling in front of the eyes, before a person can even think, his eyelids close to protect his eyes. When food is digested and the stomach becomes empty, hunger arises on its own, and man is compelled to eat something. When the body needs water, man is compelled to drink water. Similarly, to expel the waste of digested food, nature compels him to get up and do this task first. Then, from this clay figure of Adam, his mate was created, and from both of them, billions of human beings were produced, each of whom has a different appearance, voice, accent, even the sound of coughing is different from the other. It is not the case that Allah has set up a machine from which humans of the same model are coming out. The clear meaning of this is that in the creation of every human being, there is the individual attention of Allah Almighty. Can this great feat of creation be called the result of coincidences, as materialists think? And if it is the result of coincidences, then why does it not happen that one person has one long leg and one short leg, or one eye’s pupil is black and the other’s is blue? Does not this beautiful combination of difference and uniformity indicate that the Being who created man is both All-Powerful and All-Wise, and that He can only be One?
