Transliteration:( Wallaahu ja'ala lakum min anfusikum azwaajanw wa ja'ala lakum min azwaajikum baneena wa hafadatanw wa razaqakum minat taiyibaat; afabil baatili yu'minoona wa bini'matil laahi hum yakkfuroon )
"And Allah has made [153] for you from yourselves spouses, and from your spouses, He has given you children [154] and grandchildren. He has provided you with pure things [155]. Do they then believe in falsehood and deny the favor of Allah [156]?"
From this we learn that marriage is only valid between humans—that is, a man may marry only a woman of his own species, not a jinn or animal. The Hoories of Paradise will be given as spouses in the next life, but that is a completely different realm.
Also, if a woman gives birth to a non-human creature, such as a snake, it is not considered human offspring, and thus, Islamic rulings related to childbirth—such as ‘iddat, nifaas, or Salatul Janazah—do not apply. The laws of human species are exclusive to actual human births.
From your spouses, Allah gives you children and grandchildren, through whom your lineage continues. This is a great blessing, especially when children are righteous and believing, as they become a source of spiritual legacy and reward.
Allah provides both:
Physical sustenance – grains, fruits, gardens, and rainfall.
Spiritual sustenance – faith, piety, and a righteous life achieved through religious guidance.
These provisions are pure, both outwardly and inwardly, and are manifestations of Allah’s immeasurable generosity. May Allah grant us all a share in these blessings. Ameen.
This refers to those who attribute Allah’s blessings to their idols. Instead of thanking the true Giver, they credit false deities with their provision and completely ignore Allah, the only real source of all sustenance. Such ingratitude and deviation amount to a denial of His favours.
72. And Allah has made for you mates of your own kind, and has made for you, from your mates, sons and grandsons, and has granted you good provisions. Do they then believe in false deities and deny favor of Allah
Allah mentions the blessing He has bestowed upon His servant by giving them mates from among themselves, mates of their own kind. If He had given them mates of another kind, there would be no harmony, love and mercy between them. But out of His mercy He has made the Children of Adam male and female, and has made the females wives or mates for the males. Then Allah mentions that from these wives He creates children and grandchildren, one’s children’s children. This was the opinion of Ibn `Abbas, `Ikrimah, Al-Hasan, Ad-Dahhak and Ibn Zayd. Shu`bah said, narrating from Abu Bishr from Sa`id bin Jubayr from Ibn `Abbas: “Children and grandchildren, who are one’s children and one’s children’s children.” It was also said that this means servants and helpers, or it means sons-in-law or in-laws. I say: if we understand
(grandsons) to refer back to wives, then it must mean children, children’s children, and sons-in-law, because they are the husbands of one’s daughter or the children of one’s wife.
(and has granted you good provisions.) meaning your food and drink. Then Allah denounces those who associate others in worship with the One Who bestows blessings on them:
(Do they then believe in false deities), meaning idols and rivals to Allah
(and deny the favor of Allah) meaning, by concealing the blessings that Allah has given them and attributing them to others. According to a Sahih Hadith, the Prophet said:
(Allah will say to His servant on the Day of Resurrection, reminding him of His blessings: “Did I not give you a wife Did I not honor you Did I not subject horses and camels to your use, and cause you to occupy a position of leadership and honor”)
(16:72) And Allah has given you spouses from your kind, and has granted you through your spouses, sons and grandsons, and has provided you wholesome things as sustenance. (After knowing all this), do they still believe in falsehood[63] and deny Allah’s bounty,[64]
63. “Is then in falsehood that they believe”: they have this false and baseless belief that there are certain gods and goddesses, jinns and saints, dead and alive, who possess the power to make or mar their fates, fulfill their desires and answer their prayers, give them children, cure their diseases and help them win law suits.
64. “In the bounty of Allah that they disbelieve”: by associating others with Allah in offering gratitude to Him for His favors, though they did not have any proof or authority that their false gods had played any part in regard to those favors. The Quran considers such an association to be the denial of Allah’s favors. It puts forward the fundamental principle: It is the denial of the favor of the real benefactor to offer gratitude for his favor to anyone who has not done that favor, or to presume without any proof or reason that the real benefactor has nor granted that favor of his own accord but because of the mediation or regard or recommendation or intercession of this or that person.
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