Since when is Allah known as The Evolver

I didn't know that 'al-Bari' means 'evolver'; I always thought of that as being 'al-Musawwar,' as in Surat Al 'Imran, verse 6:

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي ٱلأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ لاَ إِلَـٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

He it is who forms you ('yusawwarukum,' verbal form of 'musawwar') in the wombs however he wills, there is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise.

Compare that with the verbal form of bari' in Q. 57:22:

مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِيۤ أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلاَّ فِي كِتَٰبٍ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّبْرَأَهَآ

No affliction befalls you in the earth nor in yourselves except that it is in a Book before we bring it into existence...

It seems from the usages that 'musawwar' means 'evolver/former' while 'bari'' means something more like 'creator/originator,' wallahu 'alam. Incidentally, in the closely-related language of Hebrew, the cognates for these Arabic words, 'yetzirah' and 'bri'ah,' likewise refer to formation and creation, respectively.

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Topic: Since when is Allah known as The Evolver

truth_seeker

OP - November 09, 2011, 08:54 AM

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