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He is Allah, the Planner, Executer and Fashioner of creation. His are the names most beautiful. Whatever is in the heavens and the earth extols His Glory. He is the Most Mighty, the Most Wise.
Your Lord creates what He wills.
And Allah created every creature from a sort of water: of them some one crawls upon its belly: another walks on two legs and still another on four; Allah creates whatever He wills for He has power over everything
Your Lord is indeed the Creator of all, the All-Knowing.
Allah creates in the first instance and will later repeat it. Thereafter it is to Him that you shall be sent back.
O Human beings, We created you all from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another. Verily the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the most God-fearing of you. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.
He it is Who created you from a single being, and He it is Who made from him his mate.
It is He Who created you out of a single being, and appointed for each of you a time-limit and a resting place. We have indeed spelled out Our signs for those who can understand.
It is He - Allah -Who created you from a single being, and out of it He made its mate, that he may find comfort in her.
O men! Fear your Lord Who created you from a single being and out of it created its mate; and out of the two spread many men and women.
It is He Who fashions you in the wombs as He wills. There is no God but He; the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.
He creates you in your mothers' wombs, giving you one form after another in threefold depths of darkness. That, then, is Allah, your Lord. His is the kingdom. There is no god but He. So, whence are you being turned astray?
Say: “He it is Who has brought you into being, and has given you hearing and sight, and has given you hearts to think and understand. How seldom do you give thanks! Say: “Allah it is Who multiplied you in the earth and to Him you will be mustered.
Allah has brought you forth from your mothers' wombs when you knew nothing, and then gave you hearing, and sight and thinking hearts so that you may give thanks.
Very well is He aware of you since He produced you from the earth, and while you were still in your mothers' wombs and not yet born.
And of His Signs is that He created you from dust and behold, you became human beings, and are multiplying around (the earth).
He has created man from dry, rotten clay like the potter's, and has created the jinn from the flame of fire.
Very well is He aware of you since He produced you from the earth , and while you were still in your mothers' wombs and not yet born.
Surely We brought man into being out of dry ringing clay which was wrought from black mud, while We had brought the jinn into being before out of blazing fire. Recall when your Lord said to the angels: "I will indeed bring into being a human being out of dry ringing clay wrought from black mud. When I have completed shaping him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall you down before him in prostration. " So, the angels - all of them - fell down in prostration, except Iblis; he refused to join those who prostrated.
When your Lord said to the angels: “Verily I am creating a human being from clay. After I have created him and breathed into him of My spirit, fall you down, prostrating yourselves to him. Then the angels, all of them, prostrated themselves before Adam except Iblis. He waxed proud and became one of the unbelievers.
So let man see of what he was created. He was created of a gushing fluid, emanating from between the back and the ribs. Surely He (the Creator) has the power to bring him back (to life).
And He it is Who created the two kinds, the male and the female, from a drop of sperm when it was emitted, and that it is for Him to grant the second life.
He created man out of a mere drop of fluid, and lo! he turned into an open wrangler.
Does man not see that We created him from a mere sperm-drop? Yet behold! he (stands forth) as an open quarreler. And he makes comparisons for Us and forgets his own creation. He says: "Who will give life to these bones after they are rotten and have become dust?" Say: "He will give them life Who created them for the first time! He knows well about every kind of creation; He Who created from a green tree a fire for you, a fire to light your stoves with. Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth, Able to create the like of them? Yes, indeed! He is the All-Knowing Supreme Creator. Whenever He wills a thing, He just commands it “Be” and it is. Holy is He Who has full control over everything, and to Him you will all be brought back.
Was there a period of time when man was not even worthy of a mention? Verily We created man out of a drop of intermingled sperm so that We might test him, and We therefore endowed him with hearing and sight. Surely We showed him the Right Path, regardless of whether he chooses to be thankful or unthankful (to his Lord). For the unbelievers, We have kept ready chains and fetters and a Blazing Fire.
And it is He, Who created man from water: then from him He caused two kinds of kindred, by blood and by marriage: your Lord is AII-Powerful. Yet they worship, instead of Allah, those who can neither benefit them nor harm them: more than this, the disbeliever has become a helper of every rebel against his Lord.
Accursed be man! How stubbornly he denies the Truth. Out of what did Allah create him? Out of a sperm-drop did He create him and then determined a destiny for him, and then made the course of life easy for him, then He caused him to die and brought him to the grave, and then, whenever He wishes, He will raise him back to life.
He created man from a clot of congealed blood.
He Who excelled in the creation of all that He created. He originated the creation of man from clay, then made his progeny from the extract of a mean fluid, then He duly proportioned him, and breathed into him of His spirit, and bestowed upon you ears and eyes and hearts. And yet, little thanks do you give.
We created man out of the extract of clay then We made him into a drop of life-germ, then We placed it in a safe depository, then We made this drop into a clot, then We made the clot into a lump, then We made the lump into bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, and then We caused it to grow into another creation. Thus Most Blessed is Allah, the Best of all those that create. Thereafter you are destined to die, and then on the Day of Resurrection you shall certainly be raised up.
He it is Who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clot; then He brings you out as an infant, then causes you to grow into full maturity, and then causes you to grow further so that you may reach old age, while some of you He recalls earlier. All this is in order that you may reach an appointed term and that you may understand (the Truth ). He it is Who gives life and causes death. Whenever He decrees a thing, He only commands to it “Be”, and it is.
O mankind! If you have any doubt concerning Resurrection, then know that it is surely We Who created you from dust, then from a drop of sperm, then from a clot of blood, then from a little lump of flesh, some of it shapely and other shapeless. (We are rehearsing this) that We may make the reality clear to you. We cause (the drop of sperm) that We please to remain in the wombs till an appointed time. We bring you forth as infants (and nurture you) that you may come of age. Among you is he that dies (at a young age) and he who is kept back to the most abject age so that after once having known, he reaches a stage when he knows nothing. You see the earth dry and barren and then no sooner than We send down water upon it, it begins to quiver and swell and brings forth every kind of beauteous vegetation. All this is because Allah, He is the Truth, and because He resurrects the dead, and because He has power over everything, (all of which shows that) the Hour shall surely come - in this there is no doubt - and Allah shall surely resurrect those that are in graves.
It is Allah Who created you in a state of weakness; then after weakness He gave you strength, then after strength He made you weak and old. He creates what He pleases. He is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.
Does man think that he will be left alone, unquestioned? Was he not a drop of ejaculated semen, then he became a clot, and then Allah made it into a living body and proportioned its parts, and then He made of him a pair, male and female? Does He, then, not have the power to bring back the dead to life?
Holy is He Who created all things in pairs, whether it be of what the earth produces, and of themselves, and of what they do not know.
And of His Signs is that He created you from dust and behold, you became human beings, and are multiplying around (the earth).
Allah created you from dust, then from a drop of sperm, then He made you into pairs. No female conceives, nor delivers (a child) except with His knowledge. None is given a long life nor is any diminished in his life but it is written in a Book. Surely that is quite easy for Allah.
And He it is Who created the two kinds, the male and the female, from a drop of sperm when it was emitted, and that it is for Him to grant the second life.
And Allah has given you spouses from your kind, and has granted you through your spouses, sons and grandsons, and has provided you wholesome things as sustenance. (After knowing all this), do they still believe in falsehood and deny Allah's bounty.
The Originator of the heavens and the earth, He has made for you pairs of your own kind, and pairs also of cattle. Thus does He multiply you. Nothing in the universe is like Him. He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.
Surely We created man in the best mould; then We reverted him to the lowest of the low, except those who have faith and do righteous deeds. Theirs is a never ending reward.
He created the heavens and the earth with Truth and shaped you, giving you excellent shapes. And to Him is your ultimate return.
Verily We have created man into toil and hardship.
Who created death and life that He might test you as to which of you is better in deed. He is the Most Mighty, the Most Forgiving.
Was there a period of time when man was not even worthy of a mention? Verily We created man out of a drop of intermingled sperm so that We might try him, and We therefore endowed him with hearing and sight. Surely We showed him the Right Path, regardless of whether he chooses to be thankful or unthankful (to his Lord) . For the unbelievers, We have kept ready chains and fetters and a Blazing Fire.
I created the jinn and humans for nothing else but that they may serve Me; I desire from them no provision, nor do I want them to feed Me. Surely Allah is the Bestower of all provision, the Lord of all power, the Strong.
Do they not reflect on themselves? Allah created the heavens and the earth and whatever lies between them in Truth and for an appointed term. Yet many people deny that they will meet their Lord.
We have created you, then why would you not confirm it? Did you ever consider the sperm that you emit? Do you create a child out of it, or are We its creators? It is We Who ordained death upon you and We are not to be frustrated. Had We so wished, nothing could have hindered Us from replacing you by others like yourselves, or transforming you into beings you know nothing about. You are well aware of the first creation; then, do you learn no lesson from it (that He can create you again)?
Did they come into being without any creator? Or were they their own creators? Or is it they who created the heavens and the earth? No; the truth is that they lack sure faith.
There are many Signs on earth for those of sure faith, and also in your own selves. Do you not see?
Behold, for those who believe there are (myriad) Signs in the heavens and the earth and in your own creation; and in the animals which He spreads out over the earth too there are Signs for those endowed with sure faith; and in the succession of night and day, and in the provision that Allah sends down from the sky wherewith He gives life to the earth after it had been lifeless, and in the change of the winds: (in all these) there are Signs for people who use reason. These are Allah's Signs that We rehearse to you in Truth. In what kind of discourse after Allah and His Signs will they, then, believe?
If you ask them: “Who created them?” they will surely say: “Allah.” Whence are they, then, being led astray?
Ask them: "Whose is the earth and those who are in it? Tell us if you know " They will surely say: "Allah's." Say: "Then why do you not take heed? " Ask them: "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, the Lord of the Great Throne? " They will surely say: "Allah." Say: "Will you not, then, fear (Allah)? "
Do you deny Him Who created you out of dust, then out of a drop of sperm, and then fashioned you into a complete man?
How is it that you adopt the attitude of disbelief towards Allah when the fact is that you were lifeless and He gave you life, and He will take away life from you and will again restore you to life: then you shall ultimately return to Him. He it is Who created for you all that there is on the Earth; He then turned to the sky and ordered it into seven heavens. And He has full knowledge of everything.
O Mankind, submit to your Lord Who created you and those who were before you; in this way only you may expect to save yourselves. It is He Who has made the earth a bed for you and the sky a canopy; and it is He Who sends down rain from above for the growth of every kind of food products for your sustenance. So, when you know this, you should not set up equals to rank with Allah.
Who is it Who creates in the first instance and then repeats it? Who is it Who provides you with sustenance from the heavens and the earth? Is there any god associated with Allah (in these tasks)? Say: "Bring forth your evidence, if you are truthful. "
He created the heavens and the earth with Truth, and He folds up the day over the night and folds up the night over the day. He has subjected the sun and the moon, each is running its course until an appointed time. Lo, He is the Most Mighty, the Most Forgiving. He it is Who created you from a single being, and He it is Who made from it its mate. He it is Who created for you eight heads of cattle in pairs. He creates you in your mothers' wombs, giving you one form after another in threefold depths of darkness. That, then, is Allah, your Lord. His is the kingdom. There is no god but He. So, whence are you being turned astray?
He created the heavens without any pillars visible to you and He placed mountains in the earth as pegs lest it should turn topsy turvy with you, and He dispersed all kinds of animals over the earth, and sent down water from the sky causing all kinds of excellent plants to grow on it. Such is Allah's creation. Show me, then, what any others, apart from Allah, have created? Nay, the fact is that the wrong-doers are in manifest error.
We have created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in Truth and for an appointed term. But those who disbelieve have turned away from what they were warned against. Tell them, (O Prophet): “Did you consider those whom you call upon beside Allah? Show me, which part of the earth they created? Or do they have any share in creating the heavens? Bring to me any Scripture earlier than this one, or any vestige of knowledge (in support of your belief) if you are truthful.
Say to them (O Prophet): “ Have you ever seen those of your associates upon whom you call apart from Allah? Show me what have they created in the earth? Or do they have any partnership (with Allah) in the heavens? Or have We given them a Book so that they have a clear proof (for associating others with Allah in His Divinity)?” Nay, what these wrong-doers promise each other is nothing but delusion. Surely Allah holds the heavens and the earth, lest they should be displaced there, for if they were displaced none would be able to hold them after Him. Surely He is Most Forbearing, Most Forgiving.
It is Allah Who created you, then bestowed upon you your sustenance, and He will cause you to die and then will bring you back to life. Can any of those whom you associate with Allah in His Divinity! do any such thing? Glory be to Him and exalted be He above whatever they associate with Allah in His Divinity.
O people, a parable is set forth: pay heed to it. Those whom you call upon besides Allah cannot create even a fly, even if all of them come together to do that. And if the fly were to snatch away anything from them, they would not be able to recover that from it. Powerless is the supplicant; and powerless is he to whom he supplicates. They have not formed a true estimate of Allah. Indeed, Allah is All-Powerful, All-Mighty.
Those whom they call upon beside Allah have created nothing; rather, they themselves are created.
Highly blessed is He, Who has sent down Al-Furqan, to His servant so that it may be a warner to all mankind! He to Whom belongs the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth: Who has begotten no son: Who has no partner in His Kingdom: Who created each and every thing and then ordained its destiny. Yet the people have set up, besides Him, deities, who do not create anything but are themselves created: who can neither harm nor help even themselves: who have no power over life or death, nor can they raise up the dead.
Do they associate (with Allah in His divinity) those who can create nothing; rather, they are themselves created? They have no power to help others nor can they help themselves.
Those whom you invoke other than Allah are servants like you. So invoke them and see if they answer your call, if what you claim is true.
All praise is for Allah alone, Who created the heavens and the earth, and brought into being light and darkness, and yet those who have rejected the call of the Truth ascribe others to be equals to their Lord. He it is Who has created you out of clay, and then decreed a term (of life), and has also appointed another term, a term determined with Him. Yet you are in doubt! And He it is Who is One True God in the heavens and in the earth. He knows your deeds - both secret and open - and knows fully whatever you earn.
Had there been any gods in the heavens and the earth apart from Allah, the order of both the heavens and the earth would have gone to ruins. Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the Throne, Who is far above their false descriptions of Him.
Surely the creation of the heavens and the earth is a greater act than the creation of human beings. But most people do not know.
So ask them: “Were they harder to create than the objects We created?” We created them from sticky clay. You marvel (at the wondrous creations of Allah) and they scoff at it, and when they are admonished, they pay no heed; and if they see any Sign, they laugh it away.
Have they never observed how Allah creates for the first time and then repeats it? Indeed (to repeat the creation of a thing) is even easier for Allah (than creating it for the first time). Say: “Go about the earth and see how He created for the first time, and then Allah will recreate life.” Surely, Allah has power over everything.
And man says: What? When I am dead, shall I truly be raised up alive? Does man not remember that We created him before, when he was nothing?
Does man think that he will be left alone, unquestioned? Was he not a drop of ejaculated semen, then he became a clot, and then Allah made it into a living body and proportioned its parts, and then He made of him a pair, male and female? Does He, then, not have the power to bring back the dead to life?