Surah An-Nahl 16:10
ﱨ ﱩ ﱪ ﱫ ﱬ ﱭ ﱮ ﱯ ﱰ ﱱ ﱲ ﱳ ﱴ ﱵ
It is He who sends down rain from the sky; from it is drink and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals].
Tafsir of An-Nahl 16:10
Tafsir
Ma'ariful Quran
Verse range: 16:10
Commentary
The word: شَجَر (shajar) in verse 10: مِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ (from which [ you grow ] plants, on which you pasture cattle) is mostly applied to a tree which stands on a trunk. Sometimes, it is also applied, in an absolute sense, to everything which grows on land. Included therein are grass on stems or tendrils. This is the sense meant in this verse, because the pas¬turing of cattle has been mentioned immediately after which is mostly re¬lated to grass.
The last word: (tusimun) is a derivation from isamah which means to leave cattle to graze freely in a pasture.