وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا (17)
(71:17) And Allah has caused you to grow out of the earth so wondrously, *15
*15) Here, the creation of man out of the substances of the earth has been compared to the growth of vegetation. Just as at one time there was no vegetation on the earth, then Allah caused it to grow, so at one time man did not exist, then Allah created him.