Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Lail, Ayah 3

Al-Lail · Ayah 3 · View Ayah
وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
And [by] He who created the male and female,

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

and by the One Who mā either functions as man ‘the One Who’ or it is related to a verbal action created the male and the female Adam and Eve or every male and female — the hermaphrodite although problematic for us is in fact either male or female according to God and therefore a person actually commits perjury if he speaks with one thinking that because he has sworn not to speak with a male or a female; he may do so with a hermaphrodite.

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(And Him Who hath created) and by Him Who has created the (male and female,

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