Intermediate
The Hereafter
Surah: Ya-Sin (77)
Does the Human Not See That We Created Them From a Drop — Yet They Are a Clear Adversary
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُ مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ
— يس الآية 77
Verse: "Does the human not see that We created them from a drop — yet suddenly they are a clear adversary?" (36:77) — A shocking paradox: from a worthless drop — to a disputant arguing with their Lord! "Fa'idha" = suddenly, the particle of surprise. Not "then became" but "suddenly" — as if the transition from weakness to argumentation was abrupt. A man came with a rotten bone saying "who will revive this?" The reply came: "Say: He who originated it the first time." The rational argument: who created initially is more capable of recreation — because origination is harder than repetition. Lesson: when you argue against Allah with a mind He gave you — remember your origin.
Source: Ibn Kathir (6/601); Al-Sadi
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What is the Quranic response to one who came with a rotten bone denying resurrection in Ya-Sin?
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