It is stated in verse 17 of the chapter of Nuh that Allah produces people from the earth growing. Will you explain it?
Dear Brother / Sister,
"And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually); "´And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)." (Nuh, 71/17 and18)
The explanation of the Verses
"Allah's producing people from the earth growing" is interpreted in two ways:
a) It indicates that Hz. Adam, man’s ancestor, was created from soil.
b) The creation and development of man is likened to plants’ being produced from the earth since the organic and inorganic food necessary for the development and survival of man is taken from soil directly or indirectly. (Ibn Ashur, XXIX, 204)
It is stated in the verse that man will be returned to the earth, where he belongs, with his body and that he will be removed from the earth again to life; thus, it is indicated that he should not forget his otherworldly responsibility. (see Diyanet Tefsiri, Kur’an Yolu:V/391.)
Questions on Islam
- How should the statement "Allah grew you (your ancestor Adam) from the earth like plants " in verse 17 in the chapter of Nuh be understood?
- Surah 71. Nuh (Noah)
- Can I have information about how we were created?
- Question 15: Is it not possible for man to have been created from a small living being and to become a human being after developing gradually? Is there a verse of the Quran or a hadith contrary to this view?
- Will you give information about the star mentioned as "Tariq" in the chapter of at-Tariq?
- Did the Flood of Noah cover the whole world? Did the humankind continue from Hz. Nuh (Noah)?
- In two or three places in the Quran, it is said that there are lessons to be learned from the sailing of the ships over the sea, but I have not been able to notice the lesson to be learned. Will you explain it?
- "And we have, (from of old), adorned the lowest heaven with Lamps, and We have made such (Lamps) (as) missiles to drive away the Evil Ones, and have prepared for them the Penalty of the Blazing Fire." (al-Mulk, 67/5) Will you explain this verse?
- What kind of evidence is found in the statement “in the sailing of the ships through the ocean for the profit of mankind and in the beasts of all kinds that He scatters through the earth”?
- "We already know how much of them the earth takes away: With Us is a record guarding (the full account)." (Qaf, 50/4) How should we understand this verse?
