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وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
أَنزَلَ
sends down
مِنَ
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
the sky
مَآءٗ
water
فَأَحۡيَا
then gives life
بِهِ
by it
ٱلۡأَرۡضَ
(to) the earth
بَعۡدَ
after
مَوۡتِهَآۚ
its death
إِنَّ
Indeed
فِي
in
ذَٰلِكَ
that
لَأٓيَةٗ
(is) surely a Sign
لِّقَوۡمٖ
for a people
يَسۡمَعُونَ
who listen
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
أَنزَلَ
sends down
مِنَ
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
the sky
مَآءٗ
water
فَأَحۡيَا
then gives life
بِهِ
by it
ٱلۡأَرۡضَ
(to) the earth
بَعۡدَ
after
مَوۡتِهَآۚ
its death
إِنَّ
Indeed
فِي
in
ذَٰلِكَ
that
لَأٓيَةٗ
(is) surely a Sign
لِّقَوۡمٖ
for a people
يَسۡمَعُونَ
who listen
Translation
And Allāh has sent down rain from the sky and given life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who listen.
Tafsir
And God sends down water from the sky and therewith revives the earth, with plants, after its death, [after] its drying up. Surely in that, which is mentioned, there is a sign, indicating the [truth of the] Resurrection, for a people who listen, listening and then reflecting.
Finding Consolation in the Reminder of Those Who came before
Allah says,
تَاللّهِ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَى أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ
By Allah, We indeed sent (Messengers) to the nations before you, but Shaytan made their deeds seeming fair to them.
Allah says, `He sent Messengers to the nations of the past, and they were rejected. You, O Muhammad, have an example in your brothers among the Messengers, so do not be distressed by your people's rejection. As for the idolators' rejection of the Messengers, the reason for this is that the Shaytan made their deeds attractive to them.'
فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ الْيَوْمَ
So today he (Shaytan) is their helper,
meaning they will be suffering punishment while Shaytan is their only helper, and he cannot save them, so they have no one to answer their calls for help,
وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
and theirs will be a painful torment.
The Reason why the Qur'an was revealed
Allah says,
وَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ إِلاَّ لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذِي اخْتَلَفُواْ فِيهِ
And We have not revealed the Book to you, except that you may clearly explain to them those things in which they differ,
Allah says to His Messenger that He has revealed the Book to him to explain the truth to mankind in matters which they dispute over. So the Qur'an is a decisive arbitrator for every issue that they argue about.
وَهُدًى
and (as) a guidance,
meaning, for their hearts.
وَرَحْمَةً
and a mercy,
meaning, for the one who adheres to it.
لِّقَوْمٍ يُوْمِنُونَ
for a people who believe
وَاللّهُ أَنزَلَ مِنَ الْسَّمَاء مَاء فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الَارْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا
And Allah sends water down from the sky, then He revives the earth with it after its death.
Just as Allah causes the Qur'an to bring life to hearts that were dead from disbelief, so He brings the earth to life after it has died, by sending down water from the sky.
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ
Surely that is a sign for people who listen.
meaning those who understand the words and their meanings.
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