Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 57
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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➋ { كَذٰلِكَ نُخْرِجُ الْمَوْتٰى …… :} The life of the dead land through rain has been presented as evidence for reviving the dead in the Hereafter, meaning the Pure Being who revived the dead land in an instant can also bring humans back to life after their death. This shows the greatness and power of Allah Almighty. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty will send down rain from the sky by which people's bodies will sprout forth (from the earth) just as vegetation grows." [ مسلم، الفتن و أشراط الساعۃ، باب ما بین النفختین : ۲۹۵۵، عن أبی ھریرۃ رضی اللہ عنہ ]
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
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157. 2. By "heavy cloud" is meant clouds filled with water.
57. 3. All kinds of fruits, which differ from each other in colors, tastes, fragrances, and shapes and forms.
57. 4. Just as We bring forth vegetation from dead land through water, and it produces various kinds of grains and fruits, in the same way, on the Day of Resurrection, all humans who have mixed with the soil and become dust, We will resurrect them again and then take their account.
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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Reasoning for Resurrection After Death from the Revival of Dead Land:
Most atheists and the polytheists of Makkah used to argue against the second life by saying that everything that goes into the earth mixes with the soil and becomes dust, so how will we be raised up again? In this verse, the argument of such people is being refuted, for example, that not everything that goes into the earth becomes dust; rather, with suitable opportunity and conditions, life is produced in it. One example is a grain of cereal that is buried in the earth, and when it is properly irrigated and the season is favorable, it sprouts; it does not become dust by mixing with the soil. Another example is that a land remains barren and useless for a long time, but when the rain of mercy descends upon it, the seeds of trees that had fallen in it at some time, from those seeds of fruits, their trees grow from that dead land. Those seeds lying there did not become dust by mixing with the soil during that long period, and even if they had, when suitable conditions were found, they sprouted. Life was produced in the dead seeds, and life was also produced in the dead land by the rain, so that various kinds of fruits and different types of vegetation began to grow from it. In the same way, even if the human body mixes with the soil and becomes dust, when suitable conditions are found, signs of life will appear in it, and the appropriate time for the resurrection of man is the second blowing of the trumpet. And it is mentioned in the hadith that the human body mixes with the soil and becomes dust, only the tailbone, which is called ‘ajb al-dhanab, will remain, and this bone will serve as the seed. It is also mentioned in the hadith that when the trumpet is blown the second time, people will sprout from the earth just as vegetation sprouts from rain, and this is the meaning of this verse.
