Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples)
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Exegesis of His saying, the Exalted: (O MANKIND, INDEED WE HAVE CREATED YOU FROM A MALE AND A FEMALE AND MADE YOU PEOPLES)
Allah the Exalted said: [Surat al-Hujurat: 13] .
The address here is headed by a call to people in general: :- Although the address at the beginning of the surah was directed to those who believe,And the reason for that is: this address in the verse we are discussing is directed to every human being; because boasting about lineages and pedigrees occurs among every human being,So Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says: and the address is to the believer and the disbeliever, and the righteous and the wicked.
[Al-Hujurat 49:13] :- : He is Adam : She is Eve, this is the well-known view among the scholars of exegesis, and some of them held that the intended meaning of the male and female here is the species, meaning: that the children of Adam were created from this species; from a male and a female.
And in the verse is evidence that a human being is formed from his father and his mother,Meaning: he is created from the mother and the father,And this does not contradict the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Surat al-Tariq: 5-7] and that is because if we say that the intended meaning of the backbone: the backbone of the man,and the collarbones: the collarbones of the woman, then there is no problem,And if we say by the stronger position: if the backbone and the collarbones are descriptions of the man;Because the gushing water is: the water of the man, as for the woman, her water is not gushing, and on this basis the human being is created from the water of the man, but the water of the man alone is not sufficient, it must connect with the ovum that the womb of the woman secretes, and this pairs with that, and the human being is created from both together,Meaning: from his father and his mother.
[Al-Hujurat 49:13] So: male and female, it is possible that the intended meaning is two specific individuals,And they are: Adam and Eve, or that the intended meaning is the species.
Meaning: The male from the children of Adam and the female from the children of Adam, and on this estimation -Meaning: on the second interpretation- it is problematic that Allah the Exalted mentioned in other verses that the human being was created from gushing water, which is the water of the man! And the answer to it is: that it should be said: that this gushing water cannot form a fetus on its own, but it must connect with the ovum that the womb of the woman secretes, and at that time it is created from a male and a female.
Allah the Exalted said:
O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوباً وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُواThe address here is headed by a call to people in general:
O MANKIND
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُO MANKIND
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُindeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another
إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوباً وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُواFrom a male.
مِنْ ذَكَرٍAnd a female.
وَأُنْثَىAnd in the verse is evidence that a human being is formed from his father and his mother,Meaning: he is created from the mother and the father,And this does not contradict the saying of Allah the Exalted:
(5) So let man observe from what he was created. (6) He was created from a fluid, ejected, (7) Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْأِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ * خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ * يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِcreated you from male and female
خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَىMeaning: The male from the children of Adam and the female from the children of Adam, and on this estimation -Meaning: on the second interpretation- it is problematic that Allah the Exalted mentioned in other verses that the human being was created from gushing water, which is the water of the man! And the answer to it is: that it should be said: that this gushing water cannot form a fetus on its own, but it must connect with the ovum that the womb of the woman secretes, and at that time it is created from a male and a female.