سُوْرَةُ الطَّارِقِ
Surah At-Taariq (86) — Ayah 12
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ ﴿12﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And the earth which splits (with the growth of trees and plants).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
And the earth
ذَاتِ
dhāti
which
ٱلصَّدْعِ
l-ṣadʿi
cracks open
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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12. And by the earth which cracks open [10].
[10] ﴿ذَات الصَّدْعِ﴾ The meaning of ﴿صدع﴾ is for something to split in such a way that no piece is separated, and according to Imam Raghib, a crack or hole appears in solid objects like iron, glass, earth, etc. The earth is called ﴿ذات الصدع﴾ because it splits open to give a way out for the soft and delicate shoots of plants and trees. In addition, springs of water also gush forth from it. Although the earth is a solid and hard thing, and water is fluid and much softer and weaker compared to the earth, even then, the earth splits open to give water a way out.
[10] ﴿ذَات الصَّدْعِ﴾ The meaning of ﴿صدع﴾ is for something to split in such a way that no piece is separated, and according to Imam Raghib, a crack or hole appears in solid objects like iron, glass, earth, etc. The earth is called ﴿ذات الصدع﴾ because it splits open to give a way out for the soft and delicate shoots of plants and trees. In addition, springs of water also gush forth from it. Although the earth is a solid and hard thing, and water is fluid and much softer and weaker compared to the earth, even then, the earth splits open to give water a way out.
