سُوْرَةُ الْوَاقِعَةِ

Surah Al-Waaqia (56) — Ayah 64

The Inevitable · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 536

ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ ﴿64﴾
Is it you that make it grow, or are We the Grower?
ءَأَنتُمْ a-antum Is it you (who)
تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ tazraʿūnahu cause it to grow
أَمْ am or
نَحْنُ naḥnu (are) We
ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ l-zāriʿūna the Ones Who grow

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64. Is it you who cause it to grow [30], or are We the Grower?

[30]
The Creative Stages of the Seed in the Womb of the Earth:

That is, your task is only to place the seed in the earth, and after that, the creative stages or transformations that occur to that seed in the darkness of the earth—you have neither any knowledge of them nor any involvement in them. How does a delicate sprout emerge from the seed? Then, from where does such strength come into that delicate sprout that it splits the earth and emerges outside? The seed was lifeless and dead. From it, living plants are produced, which blossom, flourish, and grow, and provide sustenance for you. Now see, millions of dead seeds are buried in the womb of the earth. Then, from this very graveyard of the earth, those same dead seeds are brought forth before you with new life and new splendor. Yet you still doubt that after being buried in the earth, you cannot be created again and brought forth from the earth?