إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَّبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا
Indeed We created man from the drop of a mixed fluid so that We may put him to test, so We endowed with hearing and sight.
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 76:2
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 76:2] The female ovum has to be fertilised with the male sperm for the birth of a new being having life in animality. Man as an animal has a very humble origin. Then he is given faculties of receiving instructions and intellectual and spiritual insight. Aqa Mahdi Puya says: Ibtila means trial. It has been used in the Quran in the sense that Allah provides opportunities to man to develop the faculties of intellect, reason and power to distinguish between good and evil, given to him by Allah, because through His prophet of highest spiritual standing he has been shown the right path. The divine guidance has been made available to man so that he may exercise his free will and choose either good or evil for which he is responsible and accountable.