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{{Quote|{{Quran|4|1}}|O people! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord, Who created you from a single being and created its mate of the same (kind) and spread from these two, many men and women; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, by Whom you demand one of another (your rights), and (to) the ties of relationship; surely Allah ever watches over you.}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|4|1}}|O people! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord, Who created you from a single being and created its mate of the same (kind) and spread from these two, many men and women; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, by Whom you demand one of another (your rights), and (to) the ties of relationship; surely Allah ever watches over you.}} | ||
Major | Major translators write "single being", "soul" or "person". Other translators use "self" or "cell". Any claim of this verse referring to earliest unicellular lifeforms is contradictory to Ibn Kathir's explanations which strongly advocate the story of Adam and Eve: | ||
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The Command to have Taqwa, a Reminder about Creation, and Being Kind to Relatives |publisher= |author=Ibn Kathir |date= |archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}</ref>|He also reminds to them of His ability, in that He created them all from a single person, Adam, peace be unto him. | The Command to have Taqwa, a Reminder about Creation, and Being Kind to Relatives |publisher= |author=Ibn Kathir |date= |archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}</ref>|He also reminds to them of His ability, in that He created them all from a single person, Adam, peace be unto him. | ||