سُوْرَةُ فَاطِرٍ
Surah Faatir (35) — Ayah 9
وَٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابًا فَسُقْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ فَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلنُّشُورُ ﴿9﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And it is Allâh Who sends the winds, so that they raise up the clouds, and We drive them to a dead land, and revive therewith the earth after its death. As such (will be) the Resurrection!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
ٱلَّذِىٓ
alladhī
(is) the One Who
أَرْسَلَ
arsala
sends
ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ
l-riyāḥa
the winds
فَتُثِيرُ
fatuthīru
so that they raise
سَحَابًۭا
saḥāban
(the) clouds
فَسُقْنَـٰهُ
fasuq'nāhu
and We drive them
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
بَلَدٍۢ
baladin
a land
مَّيِّتٍۢ
mayyitin
dead
فَأَحْيَيْنَا
fa-aḥyaynā
and We revive
بِهِ
bihi
therewith
ٱلْأَرْضَ
l-arḍa
the earth
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
مَوْتِهَا ۚ
mawtihā
its death
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
ٱلنُّشُورُ
l-nushūru
(will be) the Resurrection
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran (Facilitation of the Quran) is a comprehensive Quran commentary by Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. Known for his eloquent and accessible writing style, Kilani authored this tafsir with a focus on clarity — making Quranic meanings understandable to the common reader. The tafsir provides detailed historical context for verses related to battles and expeditions, and firmly refutes modernist ideologies using strong scriptural evidence. It is widely regarded as an invaluable resource for understanding the Quran and countering deviant interpretations. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
It is Allah Who sends the winds, then they raise the clouds, then We drive them to a dead land and revive the earth after its death. The resurrection of mankind [13] will be just like this.
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Evidence for Resurrection from the Growth of Plants:
This is an argument for resurrection based on common human observation. Human observation is that when it rains, the dry, barren, and dead land suddenly comes to life and flourishes with vegetation. Then, not only do plants grow from it, but thousands of animals, frogs, insects, and crickets, etc., are also produced and begin to make their respective sounds. Where did all these come from? Exactly the same will be the condition of humans rising from the earth. And it is mentioned in the narrations that when Allah Almighty wills that all humans come to life and emerge from their graves, a special kind of rain will fall from beneath the Throne, by which all humans will come to life and emerge from the earth just as crops and insects emerge after rainfall. The only difference is that what has already come under human observation, he accepts it as it is, but does not bother to reflect upon it, and what is similar to it but has not yet come under his observation, he denies it.
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Evidence for Resurrection from the Growth of Plants:
This is an argument for resurrection based on common human observation. Human observation is that when it rains, the dry, barren, and dead land suddenly comes to life and flourishes with vegetation. Then, not only do plants grow from it, but thousands of animals, frogs, insects, and crickets, etc., are also produced and begin to make their respective sounds. Where did all these come from? Exactly the same will be the condition of humans rising from the earth. And it is mentioned in the narrations that when Allah Almighty wills that all humans come to life and emerge from their graves, a special kind of rain will fall from beneath the Throne, by which all humans will come to life and emerge from the earth just as crops and insects emerge after rainfall. The only difference is that what has already come under human observation, he accepts it as it is, but does not bother to reflect upon it, and what is similar to it but has not yet come under his observation, he denies it.
