Transliteration:( Wallaahu khalaqakum min turaabin summa min nutfatin summa ja'alakum azwaajaa; wa maa tahmilu min unsaa wa laa tada'u illaa bi'ilmih; wa maa yu'ammaru mim mu'ammarinw wa laa yunqasu min 'umuriheee illaa fee kitaab; inna zaalika 'alal laahi yaseer )
34. On this way that He created Adam (On whom he peace) from clay and then his children from sperm.Or that first He created nourishment from the earth and then blood from nourishment, then sperm from the blood, then the human being from the sperm. Thus, the meaning of the blessed verse is clear, without any objection. In this verse proof is provided about the second way of resurrection on the Day of Judgement
 35. Males, females, black, white, fortunate. unfortunate believers, infidels, sinners, plous Allah Almighty has created pairs of souls as well.
 36. In this verse mention is being made of the lofty nature of Divine Knowledge. that lie is fully aware of every infant's conception, birth. age and every condition of his. In fact, he whom Allah Almighty provides with His knowledge is always aware of these mattersÂ
37. From the beginning the age would he kept long or short or the age could increase through the prayer of the pious or through pious deeds or it could decrease through evil deeds or someone's curse!
All this is recorded on the Divine Tablet. Through the prayer of the devil, his lifespan has been increased. Says Allab Almighty, “Allah said certainly you are of thote that are granted respite till the day of th known time “(S38 V80-81). From the letter FA we learn that this increase in his lifespan is due to his dua.Â
38. From this we learn that these pious sage whose gaze is on the Divine Tablet, are full aware of everyone's lifespan, as well as the destiny. In fact, all these are recorded on the Divine Tablet for their information. There is no risk of Allah Almighty forgetting these things.
39. This means recording of lifespan, etc all the information of the unseen on the Divine Tablet, or increasing or decreasing anyone lifespan is very simple for Allah Almighty. Likewise, informing His beloved servants abo these matters is very simple.
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The tafsir of Surah Fatir verse 11 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Fatir ayat 9 which provides the complete commentary from verse 9 through 11.
(35:11) Allah[23] created you from dust, then from a drop of sperm,[24] then He made you into pairs. No female conceives, nor delivers (a child) except with His knowledge. None is given a long life nor is any diminished in his life but it is written in a Book.[25] Surely that is quite easy for Allah.[26]
23. From here again the discourse is directed to the common people.
24. That is, man in the first instance was created from the dust directly. Then his race was perpetuated through the sperm-drop.
25. That is, it is pre-ordained for everyone who is born in this world how long he will live. If a person lives a long life, he does so by Allah’s decree, and if another one lives a short life, he too lives so by Allah’s decree. Some ignorant people give the argument that in the past the death rate of the newly born children used to be high, and now it has been checked by the advancement of the medical science. And the people used to live short lives in the past, now due to better medical facilities the life span has increased. But this argument could be presented in refutation of the Quranic argument only when it could be ascertained that Allah, for instance, had preordained a two year life for a certain person, and the modern medical facilities have enhanced it by a day. If a person has no such knowledge, he cannot refute this Quranic statement on any rational grounds. Only on the basis of the statistics that the death rate among children has fallen, or that the people now are living longer lives, it cannot be argued that man has now become able to change the decrees of Allah. Rationally it is not impossible that Allah might have fixed different life spans for the people born in different periods, and this might also be Allah Almighty’s decree that man in such and such an age would be granted curative power to treat such and such diseases, and in such and such a period man would be given greater means for longevity.
26. That is, it is not at all difficult for Allah to give commands and pass judgments about each individual of His countless creations when He possesses detailed and perfect knowledge about them.
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