Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Abasa, Ayah 18
مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what substance did He create him?
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From what thing has He created him? an interrogative meant as an affirmative which He then explains by saying
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Allah created Adam from a handful which he took from the whole of the earth ; so the children of Adam are in accordance with the earth : some red, some white, some black, some a mixture, also smooth a...
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The earth would consume all of the son of Adam except his tailbone. From it he was created, and from it he will be recreated (on the Day of Resurrection).
Narrated by Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(From what thing doth He create him?) He says: let him think about his own person: from what did He create him as a living being?