The Holy Quran 36:36 — Surah Ya-Sin

Arabic text

سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Translation

That Allaah is Pure Who created every pair (male and female of every species of plant) that the earth grows, (as well as pairs) from among themselves (human beings), and (pairs from) other things about which they have no knowledge.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The creation of pairs: that is, in plants, in human beings and in other creatures of which they do not even have full knowledge, Almighty Allah has made pairs — either in the sense of opposition, like woman and man, male and female, sour and sweet, black and white, day and night, darkness and light; or in the sense of likeness, like fruits of the same…

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