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(And from them both He created many men and women;) means, Allah created from Adam and Hawwa' many men and women and distributed them throughout the world in various shapes, characteristics, colors and languages. In the end, their gathering and return will be to Allah. }} | (And from them both He created many men and women;) means, Allah created from Adam and Hawwa' many men and women and distributed them throughout the world in various shapes, characteristics, colors and languages. In the end, their gathering and return will be to Allah. }} | ||
If this verse is about the unicellular organism, then the claim of it having a mate must also be true. But the earliest organisms were prokaryotes whose reproduction is overwhelmingly asexual. Also we must ask why an all-Knowing deity says that men and women emerged from this "being" but does not mention that millions of plants and animals (most of them now extinct) also did, and in fact, existed on earth for much longer timespans than humans. | If this verse is about the unicellular organism, then the claim of it having a mate must also be true. But the earliest organisms were prokaryotes whose reproduction is overwhelmingly asexual; they do not have any mates. Also we must ask why an all-Knowing deity says that men and women emerged from this "being" but does not mention that millions of plants and animals (most of them now extinct) also did, and in fact, existed on earth for much longer timespans than humans. | ||
The word-by-word translation says that Allah created us from a single being and created '''from it its mate'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamawakened.com/quran/4/1/default.htm |title=Qur'an 4:1 |publisher= |author= |date= |archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Again, this is in keeping with the story of creation of Eve after Adam, from his rib. | The word-by-word translation says that Allah created us from a single being and created '''from it its mate'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamawakened.com/quran/4/1/default.htm |title=Qur'an 4:1 |publisher= |author= |date= |archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Again, this is in keeping with the story of creation of Eve after Adam, from his rib. | ||