And [remember:] God creates [every one of] you out of dust,¹ then out of a drop of sperm; andthen He fashions you into either of the two sexes.² And no female conceives or gives birth unless it be with His knowledge; and none that is long-lived has his days lengthened - and neither is aught lessened of his days - unless it be thus laid down in [God's] decree: for, behold, all this is easy for God.