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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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2. He is the One Who created you from clay, then decreed a term (for your death), and another fixed term is with Him (for the Resurrection). Yet you doubt [2] (about Allah).
[2]
The Second Proof:
That is, Abu’l-Bashar, our master Adam ؑ, was created from clay. Then all your nutritional needs are also fulfilled from this very clay. Then, after death, you will also merge into this clay, as if He created you from a lifeless thing and granted you life, and in the same way, He will merge the living into a lifeless thing. Then do you not understand that He will raise you again from this very clay and that He is capable of granting such life? Therefore, if you reflect, you should neither have any doubt about Allah nor about the Day of Resurrection. In this verse, the first word "ajal" refers to the time until a person's death, which is the minor resurrection (qiyamah sughra) for every individual. Thus, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever dies, his resurrection has been established." And "ajal musamma" refers to the Day of Resurrection or the major resurrection (qiyamah kubra), when all people will be raised from their graves and will be questioned and held accountable before Allah.
[2]
The Second Proof:
That is, Abu’l-Bashar, our master Adam ؑ, was created from clay. Then all your nutritional needs are also fulfilled from this very clay. Then, after death, you will also merge into this clay, as if He created you from a lifeless thing and granted you life, and in the same way, He will merge the living into a lifeless thing. Then do you not understand that He will raise you again from this very clay and that He is capable of granting such life? Therefore, if you reflect, you should neither have any doubt about Allah nor about the Day of Resurrection. In this verse, the first word "ajal" refers to the time until a person's death, which is the minor resurrection (qiyamah sughra) for every individual. Thus, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever dies, his resurrection has been established." And "ajal musamma" refers to the Day of Resurrection or the major resurrection (qiyamah kubra), when all people will be raised from their graves and will be questioned and held accountable before Allah.
