Pair, Pairs in all creatures

And it is He who spread the earth and placed therein firmly set mountains and rivers; and from all of the fruits He made therein two mates; He causes the night to cover the day. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

Do they not contemplate within themselves?¹ Allāh has not created the heavens and the earth and what is between them except in truth and for a specified term. And indeed, many of the people, in the meeting with their Lord, are disbelievers.

Exalted is He who created all pairs¹ - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.

[He is] Creator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you from yourselves, mates, and among the cattle, mates; He multiplies you thereby. There is nothing like unto Him,¹ and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.²

And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount

And of all things We created two mates [i.e., counterparts]; perhaps you will remember.

Deluded away from it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is he who is deluded.

And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -