Surah As-Sajda

Chapter 32 · Verse 8 · Revealed in Makkah

ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهُۥ مِن سُلَٰلَةٍۢ مِّن مَّآءٍۢ مَّهِينٍۢ

Then He made his posterity out of the extract of a liquid disdained.

Translation: Saheeh International

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Mishary Rashid Alafasy

Reflection — Ibn Kathir

The Creation of Man in Stages

Allah tells us that He has created everything well and formed everything in a goodly fashion. Malik said, narrating from Zayd bin Aslam:

الَّذِى أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُ

Reflection — Maarif ul Quran

Everything is good in this world. Evil comes through its wrong use.

In verse 7, it was said: الَّذِي أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ "Who made well whatever He created good”. The reason is that Allah Ta’ ala has made whatever He has created in this world under the dictate of His wisdom, and under the essential consideration of what is beneficial for the whole system. Therefore, everything has a beauty of its own. And the most beautiful and better than all is the making of man as it was said: لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ (Surely, We did create man in the best of symmetry - 95:4).

What does this verse bring up for you today?

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