Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (And that He created the two mates, the male and the female)
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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (And that He created the two mates, the male and the female)]
Allah the Exalted said: [Surat al-Najm: 45-46] (Created the two mates) The word "mate" (zawj) means: type,And an example of this is the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Surat Sad: 58] meaning: types,and His saying, the Exalted: [Surat al-Saffat: 22] It is not intended to mean: their wives,The intended meaning is: their mates, meaning: their types.
Therefore: (The two mates) meaning: the two types, then He clarified these two types,So he said: [Surat al-Najm: 45] from a single substance (from a drop of fluid) which is semen, (when it is emitted) meaning: it is poured and cast into the womb of the woman, so Allah (Mighty and Majestic) created these two types, differing in creation, differing in constitution, differing in intellect, differing in thought, from a single thing, from a drop of fluid, for this reason Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) said at the end of Surat al-Qiyamah: [Surat al-Qiyamah: 39-40] ?
Yes.
So Allah the Exalted created the two mates, the male and the female, from a single thing, and this indicates the perfection of His power (Exalted and Majestic is He), for He created two types that differ in all respects, even in physical strength the man differs from the woman, and in intellectual, thought, and organizational matters the male differs from the female, and by this we know the misguidance of those people who want to make the woman equal to the man in works that are specific to the man, for they are foolish in intellect, misguided in religion, and how can we equate two things or two types between which Allah has made a difference in creation and honor?!! There are rulings that the man is required to fulfill and the woman is not required to fulfill, and there are rulings that the woman is required to fulfill and the man is not required to fulfill, and as for in terms of measure and creation, the matter is clear, but these people who were not granted success, and Allah has deprived them of their intellects and weakened their religions, are now trying to make women equal to men, and this is undoubtedly a wrong idea, contrary to the fitrah (the innate natural disposition), contrary to nature, and also contrary to the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law).
[Surat al-Najm: 46] What is the meaning of "tamani" (emitted)?Meaning: It is poured and cast into the womb, and from this the place around Makkah named Mina was named, the scholars said: because blood is emitted there; for the sacrificial animals are slaughtered on the day of the festival in Mina, so blood is poured there; therefore this place was named after what happens in it.
Allah the Exalted said:
And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -
وَأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنْثَى * مِنْ نُطْفَةٍAnd other [punishments] of its type [in various] kinds.
وَآخَرُ مِنْ شَكْلِهِ أَزْوَاجٌGather those who committed wrong, their kinds
احْشُرُوا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا وَأَزْوَاجَهُمْTherefore: (The two mates) meaning: the two types, then He clarified these two types,So he said:
the male and the female
الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنْثَى(39) And made of him two mates, the male and the female. (40) Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنْثَى * أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىYes.
So Allah the Exalted created the two mates, the male and the female, from a single thing, and this indicates the perfection of His power (Exalted and Majestic is He), for He created two types that differ in all respects, even in physical strength the man differs from the woman, and in intellectual, thought, and organizational matters the male differs from the female, and by this we know the misguidance of those people who want to make the woman equal to the man in works that are specific to the man, for they are foolish in intellect, misguided in religion, and how can we equate two things or two types between which Allah has made a difference in creation and honor?!! There are rulings that the man is required to fulfill and the woman is not required to fulfill, and there are rulings that the woman is required to fulfill and the man is not required to fulfill, and as for in terms of measure and creation, the matter is clear, but these people who were not granted success, and Allah has deprived them of their intellects and weakened their religions, are now trying to make women equal to men, and this is undoubtedly a wrong idea, contrary to the fitrah (the innate natural disposition), contrary to nature, and also contrary to the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law).