Verse 15
Noah • makkah
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23:13-15.
23:13-15.
God has endowed different men with different natural capacities and capabilities, and on this disparity of aptitudes and physical conditions depend the existence, growth and development of human society. Atwar is plural of Taur which means, a time; state; condition; quality; mode or manner; form or appearance. The verse means, God has created men of different forms and different conditions; of various aspects and dispositions, or He has created them by stages (Lane).
23:13-15; 40:68.
Important Words:
اطوار (forms and conditions) is the plural of طور which, among other things, means, one time; quantity; measure; limit; state and condition; quality; capability; mode or manner. They say الناس اطوار i.e. people are of diverse sorts, of different conditions and forms; of various dispositions; capabilities; in different stages (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The verse may refer to the different stages and conditions of development through which the foetus passes—from the stage of a drop of sperm to that of a fully developed human being. This development of the foetus is fully described in 23:14-15.
The verse may also signify that God has endowed different persons with different natural capacities and capabilities and that the existence, growth and development of human society depends on this disparity of attitudes and physical conditions.
b
23:13-15.
a
23:13-15; 40:68.
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Important Words:
اطوار (forms and conditions) is the plural of طور which, among other things, means, one time; quantity; measure; limit; state and condition; quality; capability; mode or manner. They say الناس اطوار i.e. people are of diverse sorts, of different conditions and forms; of various dispositions; capabilities; in different stages (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The verse may refer to the different stages and conditions of development through which the foetus passes—from the stage of a drop of sperm to that of a fully developed human being. This development of the foetus is fully described in 23:14-15.
The verse may also signify that God has endowed different persons with different natural capacities and capabilities and that the existence, growth and development of human society depends on this disparity of attitudes and physical conditions.
b
23:13-15.
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God has endowed different men with different natural capacities and capabilities, and on this disparity of aptitudes and physical conditions depend the existence, growth and development of human society. Atwar is plural of Taur which means, a time; state; condition; quality; mode or manner; form or appearance. The verse means, God has created men of different forms and different conditions; of various aspects and dispositions, or He has created them by stages (Lane).