19 Preface مِن نُطفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُYusuf AliFrom a sperm-drop:1 He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;Cf. 76:2, and belonging n. The origin of man as an animal is lowly indeed. But what further faculties and capacities has not God granted to men? Besides his animal body, in which also he shares in all the blessings which God has bestowed on the rest of His Creation, man has been granted divine gifts which entitle him to be called Vicegerent of God on earth: 2:30. He has a will; he has spiritual perception; he is capable of divine love; he can control nature within certain limits, and subject nature’s forces to his own use. And he has been given the power of judgment, so that he can avoid excess and defect, and follow the middle path. And that path, as well as all that is necessary for his life in its manifold aspects, has been made easy for him.