Glory Be to the One Who Created All Pairs — Monotheism Written in the Entire Universe
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سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡأَزۡوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا
— يس 36
Verse: "Glory be to the One who created all pairs." (36:36) — Everything in the universe comes in pairs. The Only One without a pair: Allah. Lesson: when you see any duality in the universe — remember Allah is the One with no second.
Source: Ibn Kathir (6/570); Al-Sadi
Question: What does "and of what they do not know" mean in "created all pairs"?
Answer: Pairs unknown to humans when the verse was revealed that science later discovered — pointing to the comprehensiveness of divine creation.