Surat al-Dhariyat

Adh-Dhariyat (Arabic: الذاريات‎, adh-dhāriyāt; meaning: The Winnowing Winds) is the 51st chapter (surah) of the Qur'an with 60 verses (ayat).

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Animals . Asexuality . Surat al-Dhariyat . Qur'anic Verse

The Quran in 51:49 states that everything was created in pairs. How does this apply to asexual plants, animals, bacteria, and viruses, which only need themselves to reproduce? What is the counterpart in such scenarios?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 2 years ago

Quran is very clear that Allah Created pairs in every creature but the concept of pairing which we have is not comprehensive for all creature as our knowledge is limited. Allah Knows the pairing in every creature even what we think single like asexual plants, animals, bacteria and viruses. We should never limit the facts of all creatures to our own limited thinking. Allah states in Quran (Allah creates what you do not know) (Sura An-Najm, verse 8).

The Creator Who Knows everything about all His creatures Knows the pairing of what Has Created. Our thinking is limited and superficial while His Knowledge is comprehensive and unlimited.

Wassalam.

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Gender . Surat al-Dhariyat

According to Surah 51:49 everything is created in pairs, but then why do there exist species that only consist of a single gender?

Everything is created in pairs does not mean necessarily in male and female because millions of things in the universes do not fall under two genders but still exist in pairs e.g. day and night.

Species with out male and female still have pairs within itself as the DNA two parts divides in to two parts in reproduction. With out that pairs of DNA, no reproduction can take place at all.

Wassalam.