“Does man not see that We created him of a sperm drop, and lo! he is flagrantly contentious? He strikes for Us a similitude and forgot his own creation. He says: “Who will quicken the bones when they have decayed?” Say: “He Who first brought them into being will quicken them; He knows well about every kind of creation;….” Has He Who created the heavens and the earth no power to create the likes of them? Yes, indeed, He is the Superb Creator.”
(The Qur’an – 36:77-81)
The unbelievers often asked: when will the Last Day come? Their true purpose in asking this question was not to find out the actual date of the Last Day’s arrival. Rather, their intent was to depict the occurrence of Resurrection as not only impossible but also irrational. Hence, arguments are put forward in response to the unbelievers’ query to confirm that the Hereafter is certainly possible.
A drop of semen, which contained the basic germ of life, was of little significance as such. It is, however, God Who made it grow and then endowed it with life. Thanks to God’s will it began to move about and derive nourishment, and was also granted myriad faculties. All this carried man to such heights of vanity as to make him bold enough to argue even with God.
The unbelievers forget that God caused their birth out of a lifeless drop of semen and then let them grow into a speaking, thinking creature. Disregarding all this, man indulges in specious argumentation before God.