Pairs
\r\n Ya Sin (Ya Sin) - Chapter 36: Verse 36
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"Holy is He Who created all things in pairs, whether it be of what the earth produces, and of themselves, and of what they do not know.\"
"Holy is He ..." suggests that God is free from every conceivable imperfection, flaw or weakness. He is also free from having any partner or associate. Generally speaking, the Quran employs such expressions while refuting polytheistic notions. This because every polytheistic notion essentially amounts to ascribing some kind of flaw or imperfection to God. Those who take others as God's associates assume that He is unable, on His own, to govern the universe that He Himself created. Alternatively, they conceive Him to be like a worldly sovereign with a retinue of favourite courtiers, sycophantic companions, and pet princes and princesses who have some share in several of His powers. Accordingly, the Quran repeatedly affirms that God is free from all such flaws, defects and imperfections that the polytheists ascribe to Him.
\r\nThis verse presents yet another argument in support of monotheism. Attention is drawn to the division of human beings into males and females, which is a cause of their procreation. A similar division in the animal species also accounts for the continuation of their species. The same kind of gender coupling is operating in plant life. In a sense, the same also holds true for inanimate objects, as they too are comprised of pairs. We know that matter consists of positive and negative electrical charges and that they produce energy. Only an imbecile can attribute these elaborate arrangements to mere accident and coincidence. It is also hard to conceive that several gods would have created numerous pairs and bound them together so perfectly. The fact of this binary division and the resultant birth of new objects unmistakably points to the Oneness of the Creator.
\r\nCompiled From:
\r\n \"Towards Understanding the Quran\" - Sayyid Abul Ala Mawdudi, vol. IX, pp. 257, 258