Surah 76. Al-Insan, Ayah 2

Sc., "with the female ovum": cf. {86:6-7}.

 The mixture of male and female gametes (sperm and egg) which form the zygote after fertilization.

Mingled: the female ovum has to be fertilised with the male sperm before a new animal can be born. Man as an animal has this humble origin. But he has been given the gift of certain faculties of receiving instruction (typified by Hearing) and of intellectual and spiritual insight (typified by Sight). His life has therefore a meaning: with a certain amount of free-will, he is to be vicegerent on earth (ii. 30). But he must be trained and tried, and that is the whole problem of human life.