26:7
Do they not look at the earth,- how many noble things of all kinds We have produced therein?
Qurʾān 26:7 states: “Have they not looked at the earth, how much We have produced therein of every noble kind?” In his commentary Ishrāq al-Maʿānī, Syed Iqbal Zaheer explains that the Arabic term zawj does not necessarily refer only to pairs but can also denote kinds, categories, or classes, a linguistic interpretation also noted by al-Ālūsī. The term karīm, translated in some contexts as “beautiful,” is supported by interpretations from scholars such as Ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī, al-Zamakhsharī, and al-Qurṭubī, who cite examples in Arabic usage where the word conveys the meanings of nobility or excellence.
Al-Shaʿbī interpreted karīm as “noble” and remarked that human beings themselves originate from the earth’s produce. In this interpretation, a person who ultimately enters Paradise is considered karīm (noble), whereas one who enters Hell is described as laʾīm (ignoble), a view reported by al-Qurṭubī and Ibn Kathīr. Al-Ālūsī further suggests that the verse’s reference to what God causes the earth to grow may implicitly include human beings among the creations originating from the earth (Zaheer, Ishrāq al-Maʿānī).
Zaheer, Iqbal. Ishraq al Maani.