Sura-30 [Ar Rum mecca 84]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s version

وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِّتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا...

30:21. And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquility with them,

C3525. This refers to the wonderful mystery of sex. Children arise out of the union of the sexes. And it is always the female sex that bring forth the offspring, whether female or male. And the father is as necessary as the mother for bringing forth daughters.

... وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم مَّوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً ...

and He has put love and mercy between your (hearts);

C3526. Cf. 7:189.

Unregenerate man is pugnacious in the male sex, but rest and tranquility are found in the normal relations of a father and mother dwelling together and bringing up a family.

A man's chivalry to the opposite sex is natural and Allah-given. The friendship of two men between each other is quite different in quality and temper from the feeling which unspoilt nature expects as between men and women. There is a special kind of love and tenderness between them. And as woman is the weaker vessel, that tenderness may from a certain aspect be likened to mercy, the protecting kindness which the strong should give to the weak.

... إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

verily in that are Signs for those who reflect.

Asad’s Version:

30:21 [Asad] And among His wonders is this: He creates for you mates out of your own kind, 15 so that you might incline towards them, and He engenders love and tenderness between you: in this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who think!

[[Asad’s note - 15 Lit.,"from among yourselves"(see surah 4, note 1).]]