ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحۡسَنَ كُلَّ شَىۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ۖ وَبَدَأَ خَلۡقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنِ مِن طِينٍ
Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay.
The One who governs all affairs by His command is the very same One who displays matchless perfection in everything He has created. Not just in some things, but in everything.
In everything, even in the things that seem the ugliest, there is an aspect of beauty.
Everything in the universe, every event, is either beautiful in itself or beautiful in terms of its results. There are some events whose outward appearance is ugly. But beneath that outward veil lie exceedingly brilliant beauties.
In spring, for example, beneath the veil of stormy rain and muddy earth lie hidden the smiles of countless beautiful flowers and well-ordered plants.
أَحۡسَنَ كُلَّ شَىۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
[He] who perfected everything which He created.
From within that vast and flawless creation, Allah specifically takes up man, that is, the origin of man.
وَبَدَأَ خَلۡقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنِ مِن طِينٍ
And He began the creation of man from clay.
This is where our story begins...