The Human Being

“In the words of the Quran, the human being was “a thing not (even) mentioned.” (Quran 76:1) God brought him out of non-being into existence: from a sperm and an egg in the bodies of his parents into an embryo growing in his mother’s womb, then into independent life when he was born into the world; from helpless infancy into childhood, and from maturity into old age during which he becomes like a weak, helpless child all over again: and from thence into another life which will be the final state of all human beings.”

-Suzanne Haneef, What Everyone Should Know About Islam and Muslims, page 21. [PDF]