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see the earth dead and barren and Allah's fertilising showers bring it in to life, growth and beauty in various forms. The
Creator of this great pageant of Beauty can surely create yet another and a newer world. (22.5)
2774 The stages of man's physical growth from nothing till he completes the cycle of this life are described in words whose
accuracy, beauty, and comprehensiveness can only be fully understood by biologists. Parallel to the physical growth,
may be understood man's inner growth, also by stages and by Allah's creative artistry. (22.5)
2775 That is, a male or a female child, a fair or an ugly child, a good or a rebellious child, etc., involving countless mysteries
of genetics and heredity. (22.5)
2776 Cf. xvi 70. In that passage the mystery of our life was used to illustrate Allah's abundant mercies and favours to us.
Here it is used to illustrate Allah's power in giving us a future Life of even greater promise. (22.5)
2777 A beautiful nature passage so pregnant in meaning that the earnest student wonders what magic and truth have been
conveyed in so few words. M.P.'s Egyptian colleague Prof. Ghamrawi (see M.P.'s note on this passage) was but
expressing the feelings of every careful student of the Qur-an. The "subtlety and wealth of meaning" are indeed
marvellous. (22.5)
31:10 - He created the heavens without any pillars that ye can see; He set on the earth mountains
standing firm lest it should shake with you; and He scattered through it beasts of all kinds. We
send down rain from the sky and produce on the earth every kind of noble creature in pairs.
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3587 Cf. xiii. 2 and n. 1800. (31.10)
3588 Cf. xvi. 15 and n. 2038. (31.10)
3589 Cf. ii. 164 and n. 166. (31.10)
3590 Note the change of the pronoun at this stage in the verse. Before this, Allah was spoken of in the third person, "He",
and the acts of Creation referred to were acts that in the main were completed when the universe as we see it came
into being, though its slow age-long evolution continues. After this, Allah speaks in the first person "We", the plural of
honor, as explained before (see n. 56 to ii. 38); and the processes spoken of are those that go on continually before
us, as in the case of rain and the growth of the vegetable kingdom. In some way the creation of the heavens and the
earth and animal life on it may be considered impersonal to man, while the processes of rain and vegetation may be
considered in special personal relationship to him. (31.10)
3591 I think that sex life in plants is referred to, as in xiii. 3, where see n. 1804, though the pairs here may refer to animals
also. "Noble" (karim) may refer to the more beneficent plants and trees (and animals), which Allah has created for
man's use. (31.10)
36:36 - Glory to Allah Who created in pairs all things that the earth produces as well as their own
(human) kind and (other) things of which they have no knowledge. 3981
3981 The mystery of sex runs through all creation,-in man, in animal life, in vegetable life, and possibly in other things of
which we have no knowledge. Then there are pairs of opposite forces in nature, e.g., positive and negative electricity,
etc. The atom itself consists of a positively charged nucleus or proton, surrounded by negatively charged electrons.
The constitution of matter itself is thus referred to pairs of opposite energies. (36.36)
42:11 - (He is) the Creator of the heavens and the earth: He has made for you pairs from among
yourselves and pairs among cattle: by this means does He multiply you: there is nothing
whatever like unto Him and He is the One that hears and sees (all things). 4539
4538 In the highest issues of life men may see things differently. If their differences arise merely from selfish motives, or
narrowness of vision, they are sinning against their own souls. If their differences arise from sincere but mistaken
notions, their proper course is not to form divisions and sects, or to increase contention and hatred among men, but to
leave all things to Allah, trusting in Him and turning to Him in all difficulties. The final decision in all things is with Him.
(42.10)
43:12 - That has created pairs in all things and has made for you ships and cattle on which ye ride
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4616 transport, including horses, camels, ships, steamers, railways, aeroplanes, airships, etc. The domestication of animals
as well as the invention of mechanical means of transport require a skill and ingenuity in man, which are referred to
Allah as His gifts or endowments to man. (43.12
50:7 - And the earth--We have spread it out and set thereon mountains standing firm and produced
therein every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs) 49464947
4946 Cf. xiii. 3; and xv. 19 and n. 1955. The earth is round, and yet it appears stretched out as a vast expanse, like a carpet
kept steady with the weight of the mountains. (50.7)
4947 Cf. xxii. 5, and n. 2777. Sex in plants may be hinted at: see n. 1804 to xiii. 3. (50.7)
51:49 - And of everything We have created pairs: that ye may receive instruction. 5026
5026 See (3) in the last note. Cf. xxxvi. 36, n. 3981. (51.49)
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