Surah Ash Shura Tafseer

فَاطِرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالاْاَرْضِ

The Creator of the heavens and the earth.

means, the Maker of them both and everything in between.

جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا

He has made for you mates from yourselves,

means, of your own kind. As a blessing and a favor from Him, He has made your kind male and female.

وَمِنَ الاَْنْعَامِ أَزْوَاجًا

and for the cattle (also) mates.

means, and He has created for you eight pairs of cattle.

يَذْرَوُكُمْ فِيهِ

By this means He creates you.

means, in this manner He creates you, male and female, generation after generation of men and cattle.

لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ

There is nothing like Him,

means, there is nothing like the Creator of these pairs, for He is the Unique, the Self-Sufficient Master, Who has no peer or equal.

وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ البَصِيرُ

He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer.