AU - Najafi, Roohollah TI - A Survey of Universal State of Being Couple Ruling All Creatures on the Basis of the Verses 3 of Ra`d and 49 of Zariat PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - maaref-tafsir JN - maaref-tafsir VO - 7 VI - 28 IP - 28 4099 - http://tafsir.maaref.ac.ir/article-1-415-en.html 4100 - http://tafsir.maaref.ac.ir/article-1-415-en.pdf SO - maaref-tafsir 28 ABĀ  - The holy Quran has dealt with the state of being couple as an overall state ruling all creatures as is widely understood from the verses 3 of Ra`d, referring to fruit, and 49 of Zariat, referring to all things. As shown in the paper, two views may be taken on the syntax structure of the verse 3 of Ra`d, one is widely and favorably known and the other is not. On the former, it signifies the state of being couple for all fruits, while on the latter, day and night is meant by the state of being couple. As for the expression of all things in the verse 49 of Zariat, at a glance it may seems to relate the state to lifeless beings also; yet it is clear that the problem of gender as it is found in living beings may not be found in lifeless beings. In addition, they have not any other structure of the state understandable for the addressees of the holy Quran, reminding God`s Power. As explained in the paper, the word all is commonly used for emphasizing great majority and, therefore, what is meant by the phrase is universality and vastness of the state of being couple in living beings. CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - maaref-tafsir PG - 163 PT - Research YR - 2017