سُوْرَةُ الْحَدِيْدِ
Surah Al-Hadid (57) — Ayah 17
ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحْىِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿17﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Know that Allâh gives life to the earth after its death! Indeed We have made clear the Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) to you, if you but understand.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟
iʿ'lamū
Know
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يُحْىِ
yuḥ'yī
gives life
ٱلْأَرْضَ
l-arḍa
(to) the earth
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
مَوْتِهَا ۚ
mawtihā
its death
قَدْ
qad
Indeed
بَيَّنَّا
bayyannā
We have made clear
لَكُمُ
lakumu
to you
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ
l-āyāti
the Signs
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تَعْقِلُونَ
taʿqilūna
understand
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.
And know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death [30]. We have certainly made the signs clear to you so that you may understand.
[30]
The Comparison of the Effect of Revelation on the Believer and the Hypocrite:
When rain falls on the earth, it becomes a garden and the crops begin to flourish. But barren land takes the opposite effect from this rain. There, salinity is produced or thorny bushes and useless kinds of vegetation grow. This is exactly the case with the hypocrites. The human heart is like the earth, and divine revelation is the rain of mercy. For people of sound nature, the crops of faith begin to flourish, but in the hearts of the hypocrites, these very verses of Allah become a cause for further doubts and suspicions, and they become even more active in their impure conspiracies.
[30]
The Comparison of the Effect of Revelation on the Believer and the Hypocrite:
When rain falls on the earth, it becomes a garden and the crops begin to flourish. But barren land takes the opposite effect from this rain. There, salinity is produced or thorny bushes and useless kinds of vegetation grow. This is exactly the case with the hypocrites. The human heart is like the earth, and divine revelation is the rain of mercy. For people of sound nature, the crops of faith begin to flourish, but in the hearts of the hypocrites, these very verses of Allah become a cause for further doubts and suspicions, and they become even more active in their impure conspiracies.
