AR RAHMAAN — Ayat 14

Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

14. He created man from sounding clay like the clay of pot tery. 15. And the Jinn He created from a smokeless f lame of f ire. 16. Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny 17. The Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests. 18. Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny 19. He has Maraj a the two seas meet ing together. 20. Between them is a barrier which none of them can t ransgress. 21. Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny 22. Out of them both come out pearls and Al-Marj an. 23. Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny 24. And His are Al-Jawar Al-Munsha'at , in the seas like A` lam. 25. Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny Allah mentions that He created mankind from clay, like that used in pottery, and created the Jinns from the tip of the flame of a smokeless fire. This was said by Ad-Dahhak from Ibn `Abbas. It was also said by `Ikrimah, Mujahid, Al-Hasan and Ibn Zayd. Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas, ”From the best part of the fire, from its smokeless flame.'' Imam Ahmad recorded that `A'ishah said that Allah's Messenger said,