Tafsir of Al-Hajj 22:63

Signs of the Power of Allah Allah tells:

ألم تر أن الله أنزل من السماء ماء

See you not that Allah sends down water from the sky, This is a further sign of His might and power; that he sends the winds to drive the clouds which deliver rain to the barren land where nothing grows, land which is dry, dusty and desiccated

فٳذآ أنزلنا عليها الماء اهتزت وربت

but when We send down water on it, it is stirred (to life), and it swells. (22:5)

فتصبح اﻻرض مخضرة

and then the earth becomes green, This indicates the sequence of events and how everything follows on according to its nature. This is like the Ayah:

ثم خلقنا النطفة علقة فخلقنا العلقة مضغة

Then We made the Nutfah into a clot, then We made the clot into a little lump of flesh. (23:14) It was recorded in the Two Sahihs that between each stage there are forty days. Allah's saying,

فتصبح اﻻرض مخضرة

(and then the earth becomes green), means, it becomes green after being dry and lifeless. It was reported from some of the people of Al-Hijaz that the land turns green after rainfall. And Allah knows best.

إن الله لطيف خبير

Verily, Allah is the Most Kind and Courteous, Well-Acquainted with all things. He knows what seeds are in the various regions of the earth, no matter how small they are. Nothing whatsoever is hidden from Him. Each of those seeds receives its share of water and begins to grow, as Luqman said:

يبنى إنها إن تك مثقال حبة من خردل فتكن فى صخرة أو فى السموت أو فى اﻻرض يٲت بها الله إن الله لطيف خبير

"O my son! If it be equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed, and though it be in a rock, or in the heavens or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Verily, Allah is Subtle, Well-Aware. (31:16) And Allah says:

أﻻ يسجدوا لله الذى يخرج الخبء فى السموت واﻻرض

so they do not worship Allah, Who brings to light what is hidden in the heavens and the earth. (27:25)

وما تسقط من ورقة إﻻ يعلمها وﻻ حبة فى ظلمت اﻻرض وﻻ رطب وﻻ يابس إﻻ فى كتب مبين

not a leaf falls, but He knows it. There is not a grain in the darkness of the earth nor anything fresh or dry, but is written in a Clear Record. (6:59)

وما يعزب عن ربك من مثقال ذرة في اﻻرض وﻻ فى السماء وﻻ أصغر من ذلك وﻻ أكبر إﻻ فى كتاب مبين

And nothing is hidden from your Lord, the weight of a speck of dust on the earth or in the heaven. Not what is less than that or what is greater than that but it is (written) in a Clear Record. (10:61)