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The Arabic word 'iz' (meaning; remember that time, when) refers to
the time when this address was made to the descendants of the
Prophet Adam (pbuh), meaning to all mankind. The word 'iz' is a
preposition used while talking about an incident that took place in

the past. It means 'remember this incident that took place in the past'.
What is meant here is the testimony, the promise all humankind gave
in the past, even before the universe was created.
In another verse of the Qur'an, it is stated that people will die twice
and will be given life twice:
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The first death and life mentioned in this verse is the way people
-in a sense- die after they gave this promise in the spiritual realm, and
then are given life by God using their parents as instruments and are
sent to this world. The second death is the physical death that we

know of in this world. After that, people will be given life for the sec-
ond time in the Hereafter.
When this is the case, the 'gradual formation of mankind' claims
of those who assert that creation through evolution is mentioned in
the Qur'an become utterly invalid. Humans did not come into exis-
tence in a gradual manner. The whole of mankind, the Prophet Adam
(pbuh), and all the other prophets existed in the spiritual realm even
before the whole universe was created. The claim that the Prophet ADNAN OKTAR (HARUN YAHYA)
Adam (pbuh) and the rest of mankind turned into modern man

through a set of evolutionary processes does not hold any truth.
The Prophet Adam (pbuh), just like the rest of humanity, existed in
the spiritual realm even before the universe was created, and then
was created in Heaven, later to be sent to the Earth:
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