The Holy Quran 27:60 — Surah An-Naml

Arabic text

أَمَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ حَدَآئِقَ ذَاتَ بَهْجَةٍ مَّا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَن تُنۢبِتُوا۟ شَجَرَهَآ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ يَعْدِلُونَ

Translation

Or (is) the Being (Allaah) Who has created the heavens and the earth and has sent rain for you from the sky (better than the gods of Mushrikeen)? With it (the rain) We grow gardens (orchards and plantations) of splendid (flourishing) beauty. It is not possible for you (mankind) to grow its trees (all man can do is plant a seed. He then has no control over the rest of the process). Is there another Ilaah with Allaah? No, (no one else can be worthy of worship but Him because no one can accomplish these feats. However,) they (the Mushrikeen) are but a people who (refuse to accept Towheed and therefore continue to) make (others) equals (to Allaah).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Manifestations of Allah's power: making trees grow at all is not within your power, let alone making them flower, bear fruit and become fruitful. The straying of the idolaters: that is, the whole world knows, and these idolaters themselves admit, that creating the earth and the heavens, sending down rain and making trees grow are the work of none but…

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