Tafsir of Al-Ma'aarij 70:39

Surah Al-Ma'aarij 70:39

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No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.

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Does every man of them hope to enter the Paradise of Delight? But no! meaning, is this their wish, yet they flee from the Messenger in aversion to the truth. Are they hoping that they will be admitted into the Gardens of Delight? Nay, rather their abode is Hell. Then Allah affirms the occurrence of the Final Abode and the torment that will befall them that they are denying its existence and claiming it to be something farfetched. As a proof against them, Allah mentions the initiation of creation, and that repeating the process is something easier than performing it the first time. This is something that they themselves confess to. Allah says,

إنا خلقناهم مما يعلمون

Verily, We have created them out of that which they know! meaning, from despised semen. This is as Allah says,

ألم نخلقكم من ماء مهين

Did We not create you from a despised water (semen) (77:20) Allah also says,

فلينظر اﻻنسن مم خلق

خلق من ماء دافق

يخرج من بين الصلب والترآيب

إنه على رجعه لقادر

يوم تبلى السرآير

فما له من قوة وﻻ ناصر

So let man see from what he is created! He is created from a water gushing forth. Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs. Verily He is able to bring him back! The Day when all the secrets will be examined. Then he will have no power, nor any helper. (86:5-10) Then Allah says,