Quran Universe
3:6

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِ كَيۡفَ يَشَآءُۚ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ

Huwa allathee yusawwirukum fee alarhami kayfa yashao la ilaha illa huwa alAAazeezu alhakeemu

It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Word by word
  1. هُوَHe
  2. ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Who
  3. يُصَوِّرُكُمۡshapes you
  4. فِيin
  5. ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِthe wombs
  6. كَيۡفَhow (ever)
  7. يَشَآءُۚHe wills
  8. لَآ(There is) no
  9. إِلَٰهَgod
  10. إِلَّاexcept
  11. هُوَHim
  12. ٱلۡعَزِيزُthe All-Mighty
  13. ٱلۡحَكِيمُthe All-Wise
Ali 'Imran · 3:6Madinah

He shaped you in the womb before anyone saw you.

Formed as He willed, so He alone is worshipped

Before you were born
the wombdarkness, no eyes on you
shaped by
Allahas He wills
youface, nature, path
Who can be worshipped
one who was shapedcreated in a womb
the One who shapesthe Almighty, the Wise

Ibn Kathir says Allah forms each person in the womb as He wills, male or female, and in every other way. He adds that Isa son of Mary was also formed in a womb, stage by stage, so he is a created servant, not divine.

You stand in front of the mirror listing what you would change. The One who chose your face did it on purpose. Your shape was decided with wisdom before your mother saw you.

My looks and nature are random, and I wish they were different.

I was shaped on purpose, by the Almighty, the Wise.

Try this

Look in the mirror once today and say alhamdulillah instead of a criticism.

Related39:6
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 3:5)

Truly, nothing is hidden from Allah, in the earth or in the heaven (5)He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He wills. None has the right to be worshipped but He, the Almighty, the All-Wise (6)

Allah states that He has perfect knowledge in the heavens and earth and that nothing in them is hidden from His watch.

هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ

(He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He wills.) meaning, He creates you in the wombs as He wills, whether male or female, handsome or otherwise, happy or miserable.

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

(La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Almighty, the All-Wise.) meaning, He is the Creator and thus is the only deity worthy of worship, without partners, and His is the perfect might, wisdom and decision. This Ayah refers to the fact that 'Isa, son of Mary, is a created servant, just as Allah created the rest of mankind. Allah created 'Isa in the womb (of his mother) and shaped him as He willed. Therefore, how could 'Isa be divine, as the Christians, may Allah's curses descend on them, claim? 'Isa was created in the womb and his creation changed from stage to stage, just as Allah said,

يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ خَلْقًا مِّن بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ ثَلَاثٍ

(He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation in three veils of darkness.)[39:6].