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Reflections on Surah Al-An'am Ayah 2

6:2
هو الذي خلقكم من طين ثم قضى اجلا واجل مسمى عنده ثم انتم تمترون ٢
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن طِينٍۢ ثُمَّ قَضَىٰٓ أَجَلًۭا ۖ وَأَجَلٌۭ مُّسَمًّى عِندَهُۥ ۖ ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ تَمْتَرُونَ ٢
هُوَﱑ
ٱلَّذِيﱒ
خَلَقَكُمﱓ
مِّنﱔ
طِينٖﱕ
ثُمَّﱖ
قَضَىٰٓﱗ
أَجَلٗاۖﱘﱙ
وَأَجَلٞﱚ
مُّسَمًّىﱛ
عِندَهُۥۖﱜﱝ
ثُمَّﱞ
أَنتُمۡﱟ
تَمۡتَرُونَﱠ
٢ﱡ
He is the One Who created you from clay,1 then appointed a term ˹for your death˺ and another known only to Him ˹for your resurrection˺—yet you continue to doubt!
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Dr Maryam Fayyaz
last year · Referencing Ayah 2:156, 38:72, 53:39-40, 6:2, 76:1, 89:27-30
Bismillah 

The Questioner:
Who am I?
From where did I come?
And where am I going?


Islam:
You are not just matter.
Not just breath and bone.
Allah shaped you from clay (6:2)
and honored you with His Spirit (38:72).
You are a soul,
a servant,
a traveler on the path of return.


Secular Thought:
You are a child of time,
a spark of stardust,
a mind born from nature’s long experiment.
You are free to write yourself,
to shape identity,
to create mea...
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