{"id":6927,"date":"2024-07-10T07:44:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/creation-in-pairs-and-everything-created-from-water-is-the-quran-scientifically-incorrect\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:48:54","slug":"creation-in-pairs-and-everything-created-from-water-is-the-quran-scientifically-incorrect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/creation-in-pairs-and-everything-created-from-water-is-the-quran-scientifically-incorrect\/","title":{"rendered":"Creation in pairs and everything created from water?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Sir,<br>I need your help to understand the following verses of the Qur\u2019an:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Surah al-Dhariyat 51:49<\/strong><br>\u0648\u064e\u0645\u0650\u0646 \u0643\u064f\u0644\u0650\u0651 \u0634\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0621\u064d \u062e\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0642\u0652\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0632\u064e\u0648\u0652\u062c\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0646\u0650 \u0644\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0643\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u062a\u064e\u0630\u064e\u0643\u064e\u0651\u0631\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e<br><em>\u201cAnd of everything We have created pairs, that you may receive instruction.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you know, there are organisms like <em>Amoeba<\/em> and plants like <em>Algae<\/em> and <em>Fungi<\/em> that do not seem to fit into the idea of pairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Another verse:<\/strong><br>\u0648\u064e\u062c\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u0652\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0645\u0650\u0646\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0627\u0621\u0650 \u0643\u064f\u0644\u064e\u0651 \u0634\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0621\u064d \u062d\u064e\u064a\u064d\u0651 \u0623\u064e\u0641\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0627 \u064a\u064f\u0624\u0652\u0645\u0650\u0646\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e \u2014 21:30<br><em>\u201cWe made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My question is: angels and jinn are not among those created from water. Could you please help me understand these verses?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you so much in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Answer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Salaam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such passages in the Qur\u2019an\u2014indeed, any passage\u2014must be read contextually and in their plain linguistic sense, not through mathematical or scientific logic devoid of literary nuance. The Qur\u2019an is not a book of science, nor does it aim to convey scientific data. Rather, it reasons with its audience to awaken moral awareness and draw attention to the signs of divine wisdom and design in creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Qur\u2019anic reference to \u201ccreation in pairs\u201d points to the broader principle that everything in this world\u2014whether living or non-living\u2014exists within a framework of complementarity. Each entity, when taken independently, remains incomplete from one aspect or another; completeness emerges only when viewed alongside its counterpart or complementary aspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, when someone cites examples like single-celled organisms or fungi that reproduce without male and female differentiation, the verse is not making a biological claim that \u201cevery species has two sexes.\u201d Instead, it highlights a universal truth of duality and balance \u2014 that everything in existence carries within it a complementary aspect or opposing force, through which harmony and continuity are sustained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the context of Surah al-Dhariyat, this reminder of creation in pairs serves to prepare the listener for the reminder of the Day of Judgement. Just as the elements of creation are interdependent and incomplete when seen in isolation, so too is worldly life incomplete without its counterpart \u2014 the life to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the second verse (21:30), the reference is to the living beings of this earthly realm, whose life visibly depends on the availability of water. The verse follows a description of the heavens and the earth being \u201cclosed up\u201d (<em>ratq<\/em>) and then \u201copened\u201d (<em>fatq<\/em>) \u2014 that is, the withholding and then release of rain. As rain falls, the barren earth revives, and all manner of living beings \u2014 plants and animals alike \u2014 spring to life through water. This is the simple and direct meaning intended here, without extending it to all classes of beings such as angels and jinn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope this helps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Mushafiq Sultan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2018-03-07<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6927\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Qur\u2019an\u2019s references to \u201ccreation in pairs\u201d and \u201clife from water\u201d are not scientific claims but eloquent reminders of complementarity and divine design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2679,1389,1221],"tags":[2825,2691,6446,6445,6441,6443,6448,6279,6447,2692,6430,6414,1338,1224,2690],"class_list":["post-6927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criticism","category-quranic-exegesis","category-science-and-religion","tag-al-mawrid","tag-amoeba","tag-angels-and-jinn","tag-contextual-interpretation","tag-creation-in-pairs","tag-duality-in-nature","tag-islamic-thought","tag-javed-ahmad-ghamidi","tag-life-from-water","tag-pairs","tag-quran-and-science","tag-quranic-exegesis","tag-quran","tag-science","tag-water"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is everything really created in pairs? - Al-Mawrid Queries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Does the Qur\u2019an claim every species is male and female? 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