Surah 30:21

"(Another) of His signs is that He created spouses for you from yourselves, so that you may live with them, and He has established love and mercy between you. Surely in that are signs indeed for a people who reflect."

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Among the Signs of Allah Verses 30:20-21

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Verse 20

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنۡ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُم بَشَرٞ تَنتَشِرُونَ

(One) of His signs is that He created you from dust, and now you are human beings spreading (far and wide).

Verse 21

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنۡ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنۡ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا لِّتَسۡكُنُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيۡنَكُم مَّوَدَّةٗ وَرَحۡمَةًۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

(Another) of His signs is that He created spouses for you from yourselves, so that you may live with them, and He has established love and mercy between you. Surely in that are signs indeed for a people who reflect.

Allah says:

{And among His signs} - which speak of His might and power, is the fact that He created your father Adam out of dust.

Allah said:

Quoted Scripture

"And among His signs is this that He created for you wives from among yourselves,"

meaning, ‘He created females of your own kind, to be wives for you.’

{that you may find repose in them,} This is like the Ayah,

It is He Who has created you from a single person, and He has created from him his wife, in order that he might enjoy the pleasure of living with her.

This refers to Hawwa'. Allah created her from Adam, from the short rib on his left. If Allah had made all of Adam’s progeny male, and created the females from another kind, such as from Jinn or animals, there would never have been harmony between them and their spouses. There would have been revulsion if the spouses had been from a different kind. Out of Allah’s perfect mercy He made their wives from their own kind, and created love and kindness between them. For a man stays with a woman because he loves her, or because he feels compassion towards her if they have a child together, or because she needs him to take care of her, etc.

Quoted Scripture

"Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who reflect."

— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 7, Page 533)

About this Source & Scholarly Authority (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Universal Sunni Consensus: Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim by Hafiz Ibn Kathir (701–774 AH / 1301–1373 AD) is universally regarded across all major schools of Sunni Islam (traditional, Salafi, Ash'ari) as the most authoritative classical exegesis. It is prized because it relies on Tafsir bil-Ma'thur—interpreting the Quran using the Quran itself, authentic Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad, and recorded statements of the early Companions (Sahabah).

Standard English Edition: This text is from the standard 10-volume English abridgment published by Dar-us-Salam Publications (supervised by Shaykh Safiur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri), which is the official, most widely distributed English Quranic commentary in mosques and Islamic libraries worldwide today.

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