Has not a long period passed for man when he was nothing worth mentioning?
Man has seven stages. While the first man Adam was created in the Paradise, the entire mankind (soul) till the Last Day was created. Lord Allah held a covenant from each man by asking that “Am I not your Lord”; they all told “yes we do witness” as explained in 7:172. This is the first stage. Then sent them down to the Earth by depositing in the nape of Adam as explained in the verse 2:38. That soul passes through the succeeding generations and it reaches the concerned child’s father. While mating took place between the couples, the sperm and ovum combine to form embryo. When the developing embryo with life attains its four months in the womb of mother, the soul situated in the nape of father is transferred to it through an Angel. Up to this is the second stage. This stage is described in this verse. Thus the child gets Spirit (Rooh)=Life + Soul. The third stage starts here and ends when the child attains his/her 15 years old. From the 15 year old until death is the fourth stage. This stage is so important because about this period each individual should be questioned. The aim of life is to identify the Creator, oneself and to prepare Paradise here utilizing the Light- Adhikr. Fifth stage is known as Barsaq (Godown), which extends from death to the Day of Resurrection as explained in the verse 23: 100. Sixth stage is the Day of Judgment which is as long as 50,000 years of this worldly day as explained in the verse 70: 4. Whoever prepares Paradise by utilizing Adhikr will inherit Paradise in the Seventh stage. Likewise whoever hides and rejects the Food, Cloth and Sight of human soul- Adhikr- will enter the Hell as explained in the verses 2:24, 39; 4: 150-151 etc. Those who didn’t receive Adhikr in this life (fourth stage), will be sent to any world other than Paradise or Hell by the Impartial Lord of the worlds.
A man will find no partiality when he identifies himself by utilizing the Three Times Knowledge- Adhikr. This is the only way to form unity of human harmony as well as to annihilate bloodshed and mischievous activities such as riot, terrorism, apartheid, sexual partiality, selfishness, racism etc. See the explanation 7: 172-173. Read together the verses 49: 13 and 71: 14