The Holy Quran 36:80 — Surah Ya-Sin

Arabic text

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلْأَخْضَرِ نَارًا فَإِذَآ أَنتُم مِّنْهُ تُوقِدُونَ

Translation

(It is) He Who created fire for you from (the wood of) a green tree from which you suddenly kindle fires (by rubbing the branches together).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The tree and fuel: that is, first [Allah] produced a green, flourishing tree from water, then dried that same fresh, sappy tree and made it into fuel, from which you now kindle fire. So is Allah, Who can interchange such opposite qualities, not able to reverse the death and life of one and the same thing? (Note.) Some of the Salaf (early generations)

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