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وَءَايَةٌۭ لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ أَحْيَيْنَٰهَا وَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهَا حَبًّۭا فَمِنْهُ يَأْكُلُونَ﴿٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And a sign for them is the dead earth. We have brought it to life and brought forth from it grain, and from it they eat.

Word-by-word meaning

وَءَايَةٌۭwaāyatunAnd a Sign
لَّهُمُlahumufor them
ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍu(is) the earth
ٱلْمَيْتَةُl-maytatudead
أَحْيَيْنَـٰهَاaḥyaynāhāWe give it life
وَأَخْرَجْنَاwa-akhrajnāand We bring forth
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
حَبًّۭاḥabbangrain
فَمِنْهُfamin'huand from it
يَأْكُلُونَyakulūnathey eat

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Proof of the Creator of the Universe and of Life after DeathAllah, may He be glorified and exalted, says:وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ(And a sign for them) means, evidence for them of the existence of the Creator and His perfect power and ability to resurrect the dead,الاٌّرْضُ الْمَيْتَةُ(is the dead land.) means, when it is dead and arid, with no vegetation, then Allah sends water upon it, it is stirred (to life), and it swells and puts forth every lovely kind (of growth).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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