AL HAJJ (HAJI) — Ayat 5
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِّنَ الْبَعْثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ مِن مُّضْغَةٍ مُّخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ وَنُقِرُّ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ مَا نَشَاء إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ثُمَّ نُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوا أَشُدَّكُمْ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّى وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ لِكَيْلَا يَعْلَمَ مِن بَعْدِ عِلْمٍ شَيْئًا وَتَرَى الْأَرْضَ هَامِدَةً فَإِذَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَاء اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنبَتَتْ مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ
O People, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed - that We may show you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.
Tafsir
{O mankind} meaning the people of Mecca {if you are in doubt} doubt {about the Resurrection - then We created you} meaning your origin is Adam {from dust, then} We created his offspring {from a sperm-drop} semen {then from a clot} which is congealed blood {then from a lump of flesh} which is a chewed lump {formed} shaped and fully formed {and not fully formed} meaning not fully formed {that We may make clear to you} the perfection of Our power so that you may use it in the beginning of creation as evidence of its return {and We establish} resuming {in the wombs whom We will for a specified term} the time of his emergence {then We bring you out} from the wombs of your mothers {as a child} meaning children {then We give you a long life {that you may reach your full strength} meaning perfection and strength, which is between thirty and forty years {and among you is he who is taken} dies before reaching full strength {and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit age} the worst of old age and senility {so that he, after having known [something], may know nothing} Ikrimah said: Whoever recites the Qur’an will not be in this state: {And you see the earth lifeless} dry {But when We send down upon it rain, it quivers} moves {and swells} rises and increases {and produces from} redundant {every kind} {beautiful} beautiful.