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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 95of 165

۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ فَالِقُ ٱلْحَبِّ وَٱلنَّوَىٰ ۖ يُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَىَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَيِّتِ وَمُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَيِّتِ مِنَ ٱلْحَىِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ﴿٩٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, Allah is the cleaver of grain and date seeds. He brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living. That is Allah; so how are you deluded?

Word-by-word meaning

۞ إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
فَالِقُfāliqu(is the) Cleaver
ٱلْحَبِّl-ḥabi(of) the grain
وَٱلنَّوَىٰ ۖwal-nawāand the date-seed
يُخْرِجُyukh'rijuHe brings forth
ٱلْحَىَّl-ḥayathe living
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمَيِّتِl-mayitithe dead
وَمُخْرِجُwamukh'rijuand brings forth
ٱلْمَيِّتِl-mayitithe dead
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْحَىِّ ۚl-ḥayithe living
ذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumuThat
ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahu(is) Allah
فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāso how
تُؤْفَكُونَtu'fakūnaare you deluded

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Recognizing Allah Through Some of His AyatAllah states that He causes the seed grain and the fruit stone to split and sprout in the ground, producing various types, colors, shapes, and tastes of grains and produce. The Ayah, فَالِقُ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى(Who causes the seed grain and the fruit stone to split and sprout.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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