The Holy Quran 56:72 — Surah Al-Waqi'ah

Arabic text

ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ

Translation

Did you create the tree (to make the fire) or is it We Who created it?

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

in Arabia there are several kinds of green trees from which fire comes out when they are rubbed [together], like bamboo in our land; this has already been mentioned earlier in Surah Ya-Sin. That is, who placed fire in these trees — you or We?

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