Tafsir for verse: 18:37
قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرۡتَ بِٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطۡفَةٖ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلٗا ٣٧ ﴿37﴾
37Said his companion, as he was conversing with him, “Do you deny Him who created you from dust, then from a drop (of semen), then He made you a perfect man?
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Commentary
He created you from dust, meaning He created your origin. For the creation of your origin is a cause for your creation. So, your creation is a creation of Him. He fashioned you, making you a complete and perfect human, a male who has reached the maturity of men. He made him a disbeliever in Allah, denying His blessings due to his doubt in resurrection, just as the one who denies the Messenger, blessings and peace be upon him, is a disbeliever.
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