Ar-Rum, verse 21

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1. And among wamin
2. His Signs āyātihi
3. (is) that an
4. He created khalaqa
5. for you lakum
6. from min
7. yourselves anfusikum
8. mates azwājan
9. that you may find tranquility litaskunū
10. in them ilayhā
11. and He placed wajaʿala
12. between you baynakum
13. love mawaddatan
14. and mercy waraḥmatan
15. Indeed inna
16. in fī
17. that dhālika
18. surely (are) Signs laāyātin
19. for a people liqawmin
20. who reflect yatafakkarūna

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 30:20.

Among the Signs of Allah Allah says: وَمِنْ ءَايَتِهِ (And among His signs) -- which speak of His might and power, is the fact that He created your father Adam out of dust. ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُمْ بَشَرٌ تَنتَشِرُونَ (and then -- behold you are human beings scattered!) So man's origins lie in dust, then in a despised liquid, then he is formed and becomes a clot, then a lump of flesh, then bones in the form of a human being. Then Allah clothes the bones with flesh. Then the soul is breathed into him and he can hear and see. Then he comes forth from his mother's womb, small and weak, but the longer…

• Verse 19 يُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَىَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَيِّتِ وَيُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلْحَىِّ وَيُحْىِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ He brings the living out of the dead and the dead out of the living. He gives life to the earth after death, and you will be brought out in the same way.
• Verse 20 وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦٓ أَنْ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُم بَشَرٌ تَنتَشِرُونَ One of His signs is that He created you from dust and- lo and behold!- you became human and scattered far and wide.
• Verse 21
• Verse 22 وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ خَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَـٰفُ أَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَأَلْوَٰنِكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّلْعَـٰلِمِينَ Another of His signs is the creation of the heavens and earth, and the diversity of your languages and colours. There truly are signs in this for those who know.
• Verse 23 وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ مَنَامُكُم بِٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱبْتِغَآؤُكُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ Among His signs are your sleep, by night and by day, and your seeking His bounty. There truly are signs in this for those who can hear.

• ايي alif yā yā
• خلق khā lām qāf
• نفس nūn fā sīn
• زوج zāy wāw jīm
• سكن sīn kāf nūn
• جعل jīm ʿayn lām
• بين bā yā nūn
• ودد wāw dāl dāl
• رحم rā ḥā mīm
• قوم qāf wāw mīm
• فكر fā kāf rā

• Affection المودة
• Creation الخلق
• Humankind البشرية
• love and tenderness
• Marriage الزواج
• mates of your own kind
• Meditation التفكر
• Pair الزوج
• Spouse الزوج
• Wives الأزواج

• Ar-Ra'd 13:3 · Same ending وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَدَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنْهَـٰرًا ۖ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ جَعَلَ فِيهَا زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ ۖ يُغْشِى ٱلَّيْلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
• Az-Zumar 39:42 · Same ending ٱللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى ٱلْأَنفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَٱلَّتِى لَمْ تَمُتْ فِى مَنَامِهَا ۖ فَيُمْسِكُ ٱلَّتِى قَضَىٰ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ وَيُرْسِلُ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
• Al-Jathiyah 45:13 · Same ending وَسَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مِّنْهُ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

• إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ 4 places
• إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكُمْ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢ 45 places
• إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢ 23 places
• إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ 51 places

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