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(2) هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ طِينٍ ثُمَّ قَضى أَجَلاً وَ أَجَلٌ
مُسَمًّى عِنْدَهُ ثُمَّ أَنْتُمْ تَمْتَرُونَ
2. " He it is Who created you from clay, then decreed a term (for your life) and
the term is fixed with Him, yet still you doubt."
Commentary:
In the previous verse, extrovertive phenomena and the creation of the heavens
and the earth were mentioned. Here, in this verse, the creation of Man and the
innate affairs are referred to.
More than twenty times the term of /ajalin musamma/ (the appointed end) has
been stated in the Qur'an.
Concerning the life's final term, Allah has appointed two kinds of time for
humankind. One of them is so certain that if all protections be fulfilled, too,
the course of lifetime will be consumed and, like the oil of a torch, it will be
finished.
The second divine appointed time is concerned to our own conduct. It is like
an oil lamp which contains enough oil but we put it in the current of a storm.
In the Islamic literature, deeds such as visiting ones kin, free will
offering, alms, and supplications are recorded as the factors that cause the
lifetime to be prolonged; while some actions like break off connection with
one's kindred and injustice have been introduced as the cause of shortening the
lifetime of the one.
It is narrated from Ibn-'Abbas that Allah has set two kinds of 'appointed
end' for humankind. One of them is from birthday until death, and the other is
from death until the day of Resurrection. By his deeds, a person may sometimes
decrease from one and increase the time of the other. Therefore, the conclusion
of the life's final term of no person is changeable.
The verse, addressing the infidels, implies that such people, who are
polytheists, are doubtful about the Creator Who has created man from this
worthless origin, viz. clay, and Who has passed him from these amazing
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