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Surah Adh-Dhaariyat (51) — Ayah 49
وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿49﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And of everything We have created pairs, that you may remember (the Grace of Allâh).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمِن
wamin
And of
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍ
shayin
thing
خَلَقْنَا
khalaqnā
We have created
زَوْجَيْنِ
zawjayni
pairs
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تَذَكَّرُونَ
tadhakkarūna
remember
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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49. And of everything We created pairs [43], so that you may take heed.
[43]
Pairs of Everything and the Different Meanings of "Zauj":
The word "zauj" in Arabic comes in three meanings.
(1) Opposite things, such as day and night, sunlight and shade, light and darkness, blackness and whiteness, happiness and sorrow, prosperity and hardship, etc.
(2) For similar things, such as both shoes of a pair are each other's "zauj." In the same way, every era's polytheists are each other's "zauj." Criminals of the same nature are each other's "zauj."
(3) For male and female, for example, the husband is the "zauj" of the wife, and the wife is the "zauj" of the husband. Every male is the "zauj" of a female, and every female is the "zauj" of a male. And in this verse, most likely, this type of "zauj" is meant. Among living beings, everyone has observed that one is the "zauj" of the other. This system is also established in plants. The pollinating winds place the pollen of the male tree onto the female tree, and only then does it bear and ripen fruit. According to modern research, this system is also found in inanimate objects. The positive and negative in electricity, or the positive and negative in a tiny particle in the form of electrons and protons, is now known to man. Magnets also have positive and negative poles. And as for inanimate objects, every single thing is a collection of particles. From this male and female, Allah Almighty has established this system that from the union of both, a third thing comes into existence, in which sometimes some properties of the original male and female are present, and sometimes this third thing is such that its properties are completely different from both the first things, and this is what is called alchemy or chemistry. The extent to which human knowledge has reached is, in any case, limited. Whereas divine revelation is complete knowledge, in which it has been informed that Allah Almighty has created pairs of everything, and by pondering over them, man learns many lessons about the perfect power of Allah and attains His recognition.
[43]
Pairs of Everything and the Different Meanings of "Zauj":
The word "zauj" in Arabic comes in three meanings.
(1) Opposite things, such as day and night, sunlight and shade, light and darkness, blackness and whiteness, happiness and sorrow, prosperity and hardship, etc.
(2) For similar things, such as both shoes of a pair are each other's "zauj." In the same way, every era's polytheists are each other's "zauj." Criminals of the same nature are each other's "zauj."
(3) For male and female, for example, the husband is the "zauj" of the wife, and the wife is the "zauj" of the husband. Every male is the "zauj" of a female, and every female is the "zauj" of a male. And in this verse, most likely, this type of "zauj" is meant. Among living beings, everyone has observed that one is the "zauj" of the other. This system is also established in plants. The pollinating winds place the pollen of the male tree onto the female tree, and only then does it bear and ripen fruit. According to modern research, this system is also found in inanimate objects. The positive and negative in electricity, or the positive and negative in a tiny particle in the form of electrons and protons, is now known to man. Magnets also have positive and negative poles. And as for inanimate objects, every single thing is a collection of particles. From this male and female, Allah Almighty has established this system that from the union of both, a third thing comes into existence, in which sometimes some properties of the original male and female are present, and sometimes this third thing is such that its properties are completely different from both the first things, and this is what is called alchemy or chemistry. The extent to which human knowledge has reached is, in any case, limited. Whereas divine revelation is complete knowledge, in which it has been informed that Allah Almighty has created pairs of everything, and by pondering over them, man learns many lessons about the perfect power of Allah and attains His recognition.
