| Then a time came in it when a species called Man was created, and in the same period a time has passed on every person when a beginning was made to bring him into existence from nothingness | Atau bila yang dimaksud dengan manusia adalah jenis manusia selain dia, maka yang dimaksud dengan lafal Al-Hiin atau masa ialah masa mengandung, jadi bukan empat puluh tahun |
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| Now both have been observed by means of powerful microscopes but even now no one can say how much of man exists in the father's germ and how much in the mother's ovum | Accordingly, they interpret this sentence to mean; "No doubt, there has indeed passed on man a time |
The interrogative sentence in the verse before us illustrates this last meaning.
23| Indonesia - Bahasa Indonesia : Bukankah telah datang atas manusia satu waktu dari masa sedang dia ketika itu belum merupakan sesuatu yang dapat disebut• English - Sahih International : Has there [not] come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing [even] mentioned• " Sometimes we do not mean to ask a question but to deny something and we express the denial, thus: "Can any other also do this? " Sometimes we want somebody to affirm something and so ask him: "Have I paid what was due to you? What is meant to be said is that in this immensely long span of time there has passed g long period when human race was altogether non-existent | For example, we ask someone: "Have I harmed you in any way'? This is the meaning of the sentence that at that tithe he was not yet a thing worthy of any mention although a beginning of his being as a man had been made |
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| The third sentence, "when he was not yet a thing worthy of mention" implies that a part of him existed in the form of a microscopic gene in the sperm drop of the father and a part in the form of a microscopic ovum in the mother | 'i ne object is not only to make man affirm that there has indeed passed on him such a period of time but also to make him think that the God Who developed and shaped him into a perfect man from an insignificant, humble beginning, would not be helpless to create him once again |
Melayu - Basmeih : Bukankah telah berlalu kepada manusia satu ketika dari masa yang beredar sedang ia masih belum wujud lagi dan tidak menjadi sesuatu benda yang disebutsebut maka mengapa kaum musyrik itu mengingkari hari akhirat• For long ages man did not even know that he comes into being when the sperm gene and the ovum combine.
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