سُوْرَةُ الْحِجْرِ
Surah Al-Hijr (15) — Ayah 22
وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِينَ ﴿22﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And We send the winds fertilizing (to fill heavily the clouds with water), then cause the water (rain) to descend from the sky, and We give it to you to drink, and it is not you who are the owners of its stores [i.e. to give water to whom you like or to withhold it from whom you like].
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَأَرْسَلْنَا
wa-arsalnā
And We have sent
ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ
l-riyāḥa
the winds
لَوَٰقِحَ
lawāqiḥa
fertilizing
فَأَنزَلْنَا
fa-anzalnā
and We sent down
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
مَآءًۭ
māan
water
فَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُمُوهُ
fa-asqaynākumūhu
and We gave it to you to drink
وَمَآ
wamā
And not
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
لَهُۥ
lahu
of it
بِخَـٰزِنِينَ
bikhāzinīna
(are) retainers
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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22. And We send the winds fertilizing, then We send down water from the sky and give it to you to drink. And you are not its storers [13].
[13]
The Importance of Water for Life:
The storage of water is either beneath the earth, and that too is under Allah’s control. If He wills, He can lower the water table so much that humans would not be able to obtain water at all. Or, it descends in the form of rain, and that too is entirely under Allah’s control. If He wills, there may be no rain at a place for years, or snowfall occurs on mountains in winter, which melts in summer and flows as rivers. But often, there is an extreme shortage of water in rivers, even though water is such a great blessing from Allah that neither humans nor other living beings can survive without it, nor can plants grow. That is, in the absence of water, humans are also deprived of food.
[13]
The Importance of Water for Life:
The storage of water is either beneath the earth, and that too is under Allah’s control. If He wills, He can lower the water table so much that humans would not be able to obtain water at all. Or, it descends in the form of rain, and that too is entirely under Allah’s control. If He wills, there may be no rain at a place for years, or snowfall occurs on mountains in winter, which melts in summer and flows as rivers. But often, there is an extreme shortage of water in rivers, even though water is such a great blessing from Allah that neither humans nor other living beings can survive without it, nor can plants grow. That is, in the absence of water, humans are also deprived of food.
