Islam - Its Meaning for Modern Man — Page 331
331 quickened,” but they are quickened out of the soul itself. “He knows every kind of creation full well” indicates that this “quickening of the bones” will be a new kind of creation. The Wise and All-Powerful Creator Who created man from an insignificant drop of fluid and created the whole universe for the fulfilment of the purpose of human life has power to endow the human soul with the capacity to develop into a new organism; and He has power to transport the soul into another universe in which it may find its complete fulfilment. “Verily, We created man from an extract of clay; then We placed him as a drop of seed in a safe depository, then We fashioned the clot into a shapeless lump; then We fashioned bones out of this shapeless lump; then We clothed the bones with flesh; then We developed it into another creation. So blessed be Allah, the Wisest of Creators. Then after that you must surely die. Then on the day of resurrection will you be raised up” (23:13 ⎯ 17). “Then We developed it into another creation” refers to the stage when the body is quickened by the soul. After death, the soul undergoes the same process to be “developed into another creation. ” At death, with reference to the fuller life awaiting it, the soul is, so to speak, in the condition of the sperm drop. It passes through a stage which may be compared metaphorically to the womb, where it develops the faculties that may be needed in,