Surah 3

Surah 3:6

"He (it is) who fashions you in the wombs as He pleases. (There is) no god but Him, the Mighty, the Wise."
Tafsir Ibn Kathir Verses 3:6
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Verse 6

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِ كَيۡفَ يَشَآءُۚ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ

He (it is) who fashions you in the wombs as He pleases. (There is) no god but Him, the Mighty, the Wise.

meaning, He creates you in the wombs as He wills, whether male or female, handsome or otherwise, happy or miserable.
4 La ilaha ilia Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Almighty, the All-Wise.}
meaning, He is the Creator and thus is the only deity worthy of worship, without partners, and His is the perfect might, wisdom and decision. This Ayah refers to the fact that Isa, son of Mary, is a created servant, just as Allah created the rest of mankind. Allah created 'Isa in the womb (of his mother) and shaped him as He willed. Therefore, how could Isa be divine, as the Christians, may Allah’s curses descend on them, claim? 'Isa was created in the womb and his creation changed from stage to stage, just as Allah said,
iHe creates you in the ivontbs of your mothers, creation after creation in three veils of darkness .} [39:6].

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