"It is He who created you from clay," meaning: Adam, then He made his progeny thereafter from a descent of weak, contemptible water; meaning: the drop of semen. "Then He decreed a term and a specified time [known] to Him." Qatada said: "Then He decreed a term," meaning: death, "and a specified time [known] to Him," [meaning] that which is between death and the Resurrection. "Then you [still] doubt," you are in doubt concerning the Hour.