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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 57of 206

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًۭا ثِقَالًۭا سُقْنَٰهُ لِبَلَدٍۢ مَّيِّتٍۢ فَأَنزَلْنَا بِهِ ٱلْمَآءَ فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦ مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿٥٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy until, when they have carried heavy rainclouds, We drive them to a dead land and We send down rain therein and bring forth thereby [some] of all the fruits. Thus will We bring forth the dead; perhaps you may be reminded.

Word-by-word meaning

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
يُرْسِلُyur'silusends
ٱلرِّيَـٰحَl-riyāḥathe winds
بُشْرًۢاbush'ran(as) glad tidings
بَيْنَbaynafrom
يَدَىْyadaybefore
رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۖraḥmatihiHis Mercy
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَآidhāwhen
أَقَلَّتْaqallatthey have carried
سَحَابًۭاsaḥābanclouds
ثِقَالًۭاthiqālanheavy
سُقْنَـٰهُsuq'nāhuWe drive them
لِبَلَدٍۢlibaladinto a land
مَّيِّتٍۢmayyitindead
فَأَنزَلْنَاfa-anzalnāthen We send down
بِهِbihifrom it
ٱلْمَآءَl-māathe water
فَأَخْرَجْنَاfa-akhrajnāthen We bring forth
بِهِۦbihifrom it
مِنmin(of)
كُلِّkulliall (kinds)
ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۚl-thamarāti(of) fruits
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
نُخْرِجُnukh'rijuWe will bring forth
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāthe dead
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnatake heed

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Among Allah's Signs, He sends down the Rain and brings forth the ProduceAfter Allah stated that He created the heavens and earth and that He is the Owner and Possessor of the affairs Who makes things subservient (for mankind), He ordained that He be invoked in Du`a', for He is able to do all things. Allah also stated that He is the Sustainer and He resurrects the dead on the Day of Resurrection. Here, Allah said that He sends the wind that spreads the clouds that are laden with rain.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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