Al-Layl Verse 3

And by ˹the One˺ Who created male and female!

and by His creation of male and female,

and That which created the male and the female,

by His creation of male and female!

By Him Who hath created the male and the female,

By (the mystery of) the creation of male and female;-

and by Him Who created the male and the female:

And Him who created the male and female,

And by oath of the One Who created the male and the female.

by Him who created the male and the female:

And that (All-Magnificent One) Who has created the male and the female:

And all the males and the females that He created;

And/by what (who) created the male and the female.

And by oath of the One Who created the male and the female.

And by (the mystery) of male and female!

And by Him Who created male and female;

Your striving is surely (for) diverse (ends).

And the creating of the male and the female,

And Him Who hath created male and female,

and by that (Power) which created the male and female,

And by Who created the male and female,

By Him Who created male and female.

and by the creation of the male and the female.

And He who created the male and the female.

and [by] the One Who (m either functions as man, `the One Who', or it is related to a verbal action) created the male and the female, Adam and Eve, or every male and female -- the hermaphrodite, although problematic for us, is [in fact] either male or female according to God, and therefore a person [actually] commits perjury if he speaks with one [thinking that] because he has sworn not to speak with a male or a female; [he may do so with a hermaphrodite].

By Him Who created male and female.

This is similar to Allah's saying,


وَخَلَقْنَـكُمْ أَزْوَجاً



And We have created you in pairs. (78;8)

It is also similar to saying,


وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ


And of everything We have created pairs. (51;49)

And just as these things that are being sworn by are opposites, likewise that which this swearing is about are opposing things.

This is why Allah says,

إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّى