The Morning Star, The Nightcomer — Verse 6

the response is He was created from a gushing fluid gushing forth from the man and the woman into the womb

He was created of gushing water, emerging from between the loins and the chest. When the human individual was created, he was created from water thrown and spilled, a water that came forth from the back of the man and from the bones within the woman's breast. First he was a sperm drop, which God then made into a clot with His power. Then with His will He built tissue, with His desire He made bones appear, and with His munificence He clothed the bones in the cloak of flesh. When He wanted to display you to your mother and father, He adorned you in a beautiful form in the oyster shell of the womb, just as a slave-trader adorns a slave girl at the time of presenting her. In the same way, after He turns you into dust in your grave He will adorn you for the Day of Presentation to the messengers and the Lord of the Worlds. God says, “They will be presented to their Lord in rows” [18:48]. When you turn a pot full of water upside down, nothing stays inside. The Lord of the Worlds put the sperm drop into the womb and turned it upside down with His power. So glory be to Him who compounded Adam with a composition that contains everything created in the macrocosm! The exalted Lord created some creatures in the form of prostrators, like snakes, fish, and crawling things. He created some in the form of those who bow, like cattle and predators; some in the form of standers, like trees and plants; some in the form of sitters, like the unshakeable mountains. All of these are compelled to prostrate, bow, and sit, and they receive no praise for that. But He created the Adamite in a form that has the power to prostrate, bow, sit, and stand, and in that He gave him choice and ability, so he is worthy of praise and laudation: The repenters, the worship- ers, the praisers, the journeyers, the bowers, the prostrators, the commanders to the honorable and prohibiters of the improper, the keepers of God's bounds-give good news to the faithful! [9:112]. Glory be to Him who creates the son of Adam to manifest power, gives him provision to manifest generosity, makes him die to manifest all-compellingness, and then brings him to life to manifest reward and punishment! So blessed is God, the most beautiful of creators! [23:14].

He was created of gushing water, emerging from between the loins and the chest. When the human individual was created, he was created from water thrown and spilled, a water that came forth from the back of the man and from the bones within the woman's breast. First he was a sperm drop, which God then made into a clot with His power. Then with His will He built tissue, with His desire He made bones appear, and with His munificence He clothed the bones in the cloak of flesh. When He wanted to display you to your mother and father, He adorned you in a beautiful form in the oyster shell of the womb, just as a slave-trader adorns a slave girl at the time of presenting her. In the same way, after He turns you into dust in your grave He will adorn you for the Day of Presentation to the messengers and the Lord of the Worlds. God says, “They will be presented to their Lord in rows” [18:48]. When you turn a pot full of water upside down, nothing stays inside. The Lord of the Worlds put the sperm drop into the womb and turned it upside down with His power. So glory be to Him who compounded Adam with a composition that contains everything created in the macrocosm! The exalted Lord created some creatures in the form of prostrators, like snakes, fish, and crawling things. He created some in the form of those who bow, like cattle and predators; some in the form of standers, like trees and plants; some in the form of sitters, like the unshakeable mountains. All of these are compelled to prostrate, bow, and sit, and they receive no praise for that. But He created the Adamite in a form that has the power to prostrate, bow, sit, and stand, and in that He gave him choice and ability, so he is worthy of praise and laudation: The repenters, the worship- ers, the praisers, the journeyers, the bowers, the prostrators, the commanders to the honorable and prohibiters of the improper, the keepers of God's bounds-give good news to the faithful! [9:112]. Glory be to Him who creates the son of Adam to manifest power, gives him provision to manifest generosity, makes him die to manifest all-compellingness, and then brings him to life to manifest reward and punishment! So blessed is God, the most beautiful of creators! [23:14].

He was created of gushing water, emerging from between the loins and the chest. When the human individual was created, he was created from water thrown and spilled, a water that came forth from the back of the man and from the bones within the woman's breast. First he was a sperm drop, which God then made into a clot with His power. Then with His will He built tissue, with His desire He made bones appear, and with His munificence He clothed the bones in the cloak of flesh. When He wanted to display you to your mother and father, He adorned you in a beautiful form in the oyster shell of the womb, just as a slave-trader adorns a slave girl at the time of presenting her. In the same way, after He turns you into dust in your grave He will adorn you for the Day of Presentation to the messengers and the Lord of the Worlds. God says, “They will be presented to their Lord in rows” [18:48]. When you turn a pot full of water upside down, nothing stays inside. The Lord of the Worlds put the sperm drop into the womb and turned it upside down with His power. So glory be to Him who compounded Adam with a composition that contains everything created in the macrocosm! The exalted Lord created some creatures in the form of prostrators, like snakes, fish, and crawling things. He created some in the form of those who bow, like cattle and predators; some in the form of standers, like trees and plants; some in the form of sitters, like the unshakeable mountains. All of these are compelled to prostrate, bow, and sit, and they receive no praise for that. But He created the Adamite in a form that has the power to prostrate, bow, sit, and stand, and in that He gave him choice and ability, so he is worthy of praise and laudation: The repenters, the worship- ers, the praisers, the journeyers, the bowers, the prostrators, the commanders to the honorable and prohibiters of the improper, the keepers of God's bounds-give good news to the faithful! [9:112]. Glory be to Him who creates the son of Adam to manifest power, gives him provision to manifest generosity, makes him die to manifest all-compellingness, and then brings him to life to manifest reward and punishment! So blessed is God, the most beautiful of creators! [23:14].

He was created of gushing water, emerging from between the loins and the chest. When the human individual was created, he was created from water thrown and spilled, a water that came forth from the back of the man and from the bones within the woman's breast. First he was a sperm drop, which God then made into a clot with His power. Then with His will He built tissue, with His desire He made bones appear, and with His munificence He clothed the bones in the cloak of flesh. When He wanted to display you to your mother and father, He adorned you in a beautiful form in the oyster shell of the womb, just as a slave-trader adorns a slave girl at the time of presenting her. In the same way, after He turns you into dust in your grave He will adorn you for the Day of Presentation to the messengers and the Lord of the Worlds. God says, “They will be presented to their Lord in rows” [18:48]. When you turn a pot full of water upside down, nothing stays inside. The Lord of the Worlds put the sperm drop into the womb and turned it upside down with His power. So glory be to Him who compounded Adam with a composition that contains everything created in the macrocosm! The exalted Lord created some creatures in the form of prostrators, like snakes, fish, and crawling things. He created some in the form of those who bow, like cattle and predators; some in the form of standers, like trees and plants; some in the form of sitters, like the unshakeable mountains. All of these are compelled to prostrate, bow, and sit, and they receive no praise for that. But He created the Adamite in a form that has the power to prostrate, bow, sit, and stand, and in that He gave him choice and ability, so he is worthy of praise and laudation: The repenters, the worship- ers, the praisers, the journeyers, the bowers, the prostrators, the commanders to the honorable and prohibiters of the improper, the keepers of God's bounds-give good news to the faithful! [9:112]. Glory be to Him who creates the son of Adam to manifest power, gives him provision to manifest generosity, makes him die to manifest all-compellingness, and then brings him to life to manifest reward and punishment! So blessed is God, the most beautiful of creators! [23:14].

فلينظر الإنسان المنكر للبعث مِمَّ خُلِقَ؟ ليعلم أن إعادة خلق الإنسان ليست أصعب من خلقه أوّلا خلق من منيٍّ منصبٍّ بسرعة في الرحم، يخرج من بين صلب الرجل وصدر المرأة. إن الذي خلق الإنسان من هذا الماء لَقادر على رجعه إلى الحياة بعد الموت.

يعني المني يخرج دفقا من الرجل ومن المرأة فيتولد منهما الولد بإذن الله عز وجل.

وقوله : ( خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ) جواب الاستفهام فى قوله - سبحانه - ( مِمَّ خُلِقَ ) والمقصود بالاستفهام هنا : الحث والحض على التفكر والتدبر .أى : إذا كان الأمر كما ذكرت لكم - أيها الناس - ، من أن كل نفس عليها حافظ يسجل عليها أقوالها وأفعالها . . فلينظر الإِنسان منكم نظر تأمل وتدبر واعتبار ، وليسأل نفسه من أى شئ عليها أقوالها وأفعالها . . فلينظر الإِنسان منكم نظر تأمل وتدبر واعتبار ، وليسأل نفسه من أى شئ خلق؟ لقد خلقه الله - تعالى - بقدرته ، من ماء متدفق ، يخرج بقوة وسرعة من الرجل ، ليصب فى رحم الأنثى .وهذا الماء الدافق من صفاته أنه يخرج من بين صلب الرجل ، ومن بين ترائب المرأة ، حيث يختلط الماءان ، ويتكون منهما الإِنسان فى مراحله المختلفة بقدرة الله - تعالى - .قال صاحب الكشاف : فإن قلت : ما وجه اتصال قوله : ( فلينظر ) بما قبله؟قلت : وجه اتصاله به أنه لما ذكر أن على كل نفس حافظا ، أتبعه بتوصية الإِنسان بالنظر فى أول أمره . ونشأته الأولى ، حتى يعلم أن من أنشأه قادر على إعادته وجزائه ، فيعمل ليوم الإِعادة والجزاء ، ولا يملى على حافظه إلا ما يسره فى عاقبته ." مم خلق " استفهام جوابه : ( خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ) ، والدفق : صَبٌّ فيه دفع .ومعنى " دافق " النسبة إلى الدفق الذى هو مصدر دفق ، كالابن والتامر . أو الإِسناد المجازى ، والدفق فى الحقيقة لصاحبه .ولم يقل ماءين لامتزاجهما فى الرحم ، واتحادهما حين ابتدئ فى خلقه . .وقال بعض العلماء : قوله : ( خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ) أى : من ماء ذى دفق . . وكل من منى الرجل . ومنى المرأة ، اللذين يتخلق منهما الجنين ، ذو وفق فى الرحم .

فقال: ( خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ ) يعني: من ماء مدفوق، وهو مما أخرجته العرب بلفظ فاعل، وهو بمعنى المفعول، ويقال: إن أكثر من يستعمل ذلك من أحياء العرب سكان الحجاز إذا كان في مذهب النعت، كقولهم: هذا سرٌّ كاتم وهمٌّ ناصب، ونحو ذلك.

ثم بين فقال : ( خلق من ماء دافق ) مدفوق أي مصبوب في الرحم ، وهو المني ، فاعل بمعنى مفعول كقوله : " عيشة راضية " ( الحاقة - 21 ) أي مرضية ، والدفق : الصب ، وأراد ماء الرجل وماء المرأة ، لأن الولد مخلوق منهما ، وجعله واحدا لامتزاجهما .

خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ (6) و ( مِنْ ) من قوله : { مم خلق } ابتدائية متعلقة ب { خلق } . والمعنى : فليتفكر الإِنسان في جواب : مَا شيء خلق منه؟ فقدّم المتعلِّق على عامله تبعاً لتقديم ما اتصلت به من ( من ) اسم الاستفهام .و ( ما ) استفهامية عَلّقت فعل النَّظر العقلي عن العمل .والاستفهام مستعمل في الإِيقاظ والتنبيه إلى ما يجب علمه كقوله تعالى : { من أي شيء خلقه } [ عبس : 18 ] فالاستفهام هنا مجاز مرسل مركب .وحذف ألف ( ما ) الاستفهامية على طريقة وقوعها مجرورة .ولكون الاستفهام غير حقيقي أجاب عنه المتكلم بالاستفهام على طريقة قوله : { عم يتساءلون عن النبأ العظيم } [ النبأ : 1 ، 2 ] .و { الإِنسان } مراد به خصوص منكر البعث كما علمت آنفاً من مقتضى التفريع في قوله : { فلينظر } إلخ .ومعنى { دافق } خارج بقوة وسرعة والأشهر أنه يقال على نطفة الرجل .وصيغة { دافق } اسم فاعل من دفق القاصر ، وهو قول فريق من اللغويين . وقال الجمهور : لا يستعمل دفَق قاصراً . وجعلوا دافقاً بمعنى اسم المفعول وجعلوا ذلك من النادر .وعن الفراء : أهل الحجاز يجعلون المفعول فاعلاً ، إذا كان في طريقة النعت . وسيبويه جعله من صيغ النسب كقولهم : لاَبن وتَامِر ، ففسر دافق : بذي دَفْق .والأحسن أن يكون اسم فاعل ويَكون دفق مطاوع دفقه كما جعل العجاج جَبَر بمعنى انْجبر في قوله: ... قد جبر الدينَ الإله فجبروأنه سماعي .وأُطنب في وصف هذا الماء الدافق لإِدماج التعليم والعبرة بدقائق التكوين ليستيقظ الجاهل الكافر ويزداد المؤمن علماً ويقيناً .

فإنه مخلوق { مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ } وهو: المني

ثم قال : خلق وهو جواب الاستفهام من ماء دافق أي من المني . والدفق : صب الماء ، دفقت الماء أدفقه دفقا : صببته ، فهو ماء دافق ، أي مدفوق ، كما قالوا : سر كاتم : أي مكتوم ; لأنه من قولك : دفق الماء ، على ما لم يسم فاعله . ولا يقال : دفق الماء . ويقال : دفق الله روحه : إذا دعا عليه بالموت . قال الفراء والأخفش : من ماء دافق أي مصبوب في الرحم ، الزجاج : من ماء ذي اندفاق . يقال : دارع وفارس ونابل أي ذو فرس ، ودرع ، ونبل . وهذا مذهب سيبويه . فالدافق هو المندفق بشدة قوته . وأراد ماءين : ماء الرجل وماء المرأة ; لأن الإنسان مخلوق منهما ، لكن جعلهما ماء واحدا لامتزاجهما . وعن عكرمة عن ابن عباس : دافق لزج .

It is quite evident that there is planning in the creation of man and the world. This planning strongly implies that there must be some purpose behind this creation. And indeed, this purpose has been revealed to man through divine revelation. However, only that individual learns a lesson from revelation who is of a receptive nature. Such people will be introduced to the eternal bounties of God. But those whose arrogance prevents them from accepting guidance, will be doomed to being cast into the flames of the eternal fire.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ ﴿6﴾ يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ (He is created of a spouting water that comes out from between the loins and the chest-bones...86:6, 7). The general body of commentators have explained that the spouting water (sperm) comes out from the loins of men and the chest-bones of women. However, the research of embryological science on the subject shows that the seminal fluid comes out from every part of human body, and every part of the foetus is made of the seminal fluid that has come out from that part of the man's and woman's body. The brain, of course, plays the greatest role in this matter. Thus experience shows that people who indulge in excessive cohabitation mostly suffer from weakness of mental weakness. The embryologists have at the same time discovered that the seminal fluid separates from all parts of the body, and through the spinal cord, collects in the testes and from there it spouts. If these findings have any value, it is not far-fetched to reconcile them with the explanation of some of the commentators. Embryologists agree that the brain plays the most important role in the preparation of seminal fluid. The representative of the brain is the spinal cord that has come into the backbone from the brain, up to the loins and the testes. Some of its branches have come into the chest-bones. It is likely that the seminal fluid coming from the chest-bones into the woman's seminal fluid and the seminal fluid coming from the loins into a man's seminal fluid have a greater role to play. (Baidawi) If we analyse the verse of the Qur'an carefully, we notice that it does not specify 'man or woman'. It merely says 'He is created of spouting water that comes out from between the loins and the chest-bones.' This may simply signify that the seminal fluid comes out from the entire body of both men and women. The expression 'the entire body' is understood from the mention of the principal organs of front and back. The front part of the body is chest and the back part of the body is the loin. These are the principal parts of the body. The expression, 'the spouting water that comes out from between the loins and the chest-bones' may mean 'comes out from the entire body'.

Allah then explained, saying: (He is created from a gushing fluid) into the womb of a woman

Which was revealed in Makkah The Virtues of Surat At-Tariq An-Nasa'i recorded that Jabir said, "Mu`adh lead the Maghrib prayer and he recited Al-Baqarah and An-Nisa'. So the Prophet said, «أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ يَا مُعَاذُ، مَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكَ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ بِالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا وَنَحْوِهَا؟» (Are you putting the people to trial O Mu`adh! Was it not sufficient for you to recite As-Sama'i wat-Tariq, and Ash-Shamsi wa Duhaha, and something like them) بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Swearing by the Existence of Humanity surrounded by the Organized System of Allah Allah swears by the heaven and what He has placed in it of radiant stars. Thus, He says, وَالسَّمَآءِ وَالطَّارِقِ (By the heaven, and At-Tariq;) Then He says, وَمَآ أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ (And what will make you to know what At-Tariq is) Then He explains it by His saying, النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ (The star of Ath-Thaqib.) Qatadah and others have said, "The star has been named Tariq because it is only seen at night and it is hidden during the day." His view is supported by what has been mentioned in the authentic Hadith that prohibits a man to come to his family Taruq. This means that he comes to them unexpectedly at nighttime. Concerning Allah's statement, الثَّاقِبُ (Ath-Thaqib.) Ibn `Abbas said, "The illuminating." `Ikrimah said, "It is illuminating and it burns the Shaytan" Then Allah says, إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ (There is no human being but has a protector over him.) meaning, every soul has a guardian over it from Allah that protects it from the calamities. This is as Allah says, لَهُ مُعَقِّبَـتٌ مِّن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ يَحْفَظُونَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ (For Him, there are angels in succession, before and behind him. They guard him by the command of Allah.) (13:11) How Man is created is a Proof of Allah's Ability to Return Him to Him Allah says, فَلْيَنظُرِ الإِنسَـنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ (So, let man see from what he is created!) This is alerting man to the weakness of his origin from which he was created. The intent of it is to guide man to accept (the reality of) the Hereafter, because whoever is able to begin the creation then he is also able to repeat it in the same way. This is as Allah says, وَهُوَ الَّذِى يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ (And He it is Who originates the creation, then He will repeat it; and this is easier for Him.) (30:27) Then Allah says, خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ (He is created from a water gushing forth.) meaning, the sexual fluid that comes out bursting forth from the man and the woman. Thus, the child is produced from both of them by the permission of Allah. Due to this Allah says, يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَآئِبِ (Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs.) meaning, the backbone (or loins) of the man and the ribs of the woman, which is referring to her chest. Shabib bin Bishr reported from `Ikrimah who narrated from Ibn `Abbas that he said, يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَآئِبِ (Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs.) "The backbone of the man and the ribs of the woman. It (the fluid) is yellow and fine in texture. The child will not be born except from both of them (i.e., their sexual fluids)." Concerning Allah's statement, إِنَّهُ عَلَى رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ (Verily, He is Able to bring him back (to life)!) This means that He is able to return this man that is created from fluid gushed forth. In other words, He is able to repeat his creation and resurrect him to the final abode. This is clearly possible, because whoever is able to begin the creation then he surely is able to repeat it. Indeed Allah has mentioned this proof in more than one place in the Qur'an. On the Day of Judgement, Man will have no Power or Assistance In this regard Allah says, يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَآئِرُ (The Day when all the secrets will be examined.) meaning, on the Day of Judgement the secrets will be tested. This means that they will be exposed and made manifest. Thus, the secret will be made open and that which is concealed will be well known. It is confirmed in the Two Sahihs on the authority of Ibn `Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «يُرْفَعُ لِكُلِّ غَادِرٍ لِوَاءٌ عِنْدَ اسْتِهِ يُقَالُ: هذِهِ غَدْرَةُ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَان» (Every betrayer will have a flag raised for him behind his back, and it will be said, `This is the betrayal of so-and-so, the son of so-and-so.') Concerning Allah's statement, فَمَا لَهُ (Then he will have no) meaning, man on the Day of Judgement. مِن قُوَّةٍ (any power) meaning, within himself. وَلاَ نَاصِرٍ (nor any helper.) meaning, from other than himself. This statement means that he will not be able to save himself from the torment of Allah, and nor will anyone else be able to save him.