سورة يس

Ali ibn Ibrahim: أَوَ لَمْ یَرَ الْإِنْسانُ أَنّا خَلَقْناهُ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَإِذا هُوَ خَصِیمٌ مُبِینٌ [Does not man see that We created him from a small seed? Then behold, he is an open disputant] — that is, speaking, knowing, eloquent.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Malik al-Juhani said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about the words of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: أَوَ لَمْ یَرَ الْإِنْسانُ أَنَّا خَلَقْناهُ وَ لَمْ یَکُ شَیْئاً [Does not man see that We created him when he was nothing?]. He said: "He had neither been measured out nor brought into existence." And I asked him about the words of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: "Has there not come upon man a long period of time when he was nothing worth mentioning?" (Al-Insan/1). He said: "He had been measured out, but was not something worth mentioning."

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Likewise these words of Allah the Glorified: "And of you is he who is brought back to the most abject part of life, so that after having knowledge he knows nothing [and forgets everything]." (An-Nahl/70). Thus it becomes clear that this is from the planning of the Choosing Creator, His wisdom, His oneness, and His originating of creation; and so the oneness of Allah — great is His majesty — is established. This is a proof which the heretics (zanadiqa) cannot refute in any state, nor can they find any argument to deny it. Like it are these words of Allah: أَ وَ لَمْ یَرَ الْإِنْسانُ أَنَّا خَلَقْناهُ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَإِذا هُوَ خَصِیمٌ مُبِینٌ وَ ضَرَبَ لَنا مَثَلًا وَ نَسِیَ خَلْقَهُ قالَ مَنْ یُحْیِ الْعِظامَ وَ هِیَ رَمِیمٌ قُلْ یُحْیِیهَا الَّذِی أَنْشَأَها أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَ هُوَ بِکُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِیمٌ [Does not man see that We created him from a small seed? Then behold, he is an open disputant. And he strikes out a likeness for Us and forgets his own creation. He says: Who will give life to the bones when they are rotten? Say: He will give life to them Who brought them into existence at first, and He is Cognizant of all creation]; Allah the Glorified refutes their argument thus: قُلْ یُحْیِیهَا الَّذِی أَنشَأَهَا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَ هُوَ بِکُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِیمٌ [Say: He will give life to them Who brought them into existence at first, and He is Cognizant of all creation].