ﳊ ﳋ ﳌ ﳍ ﳎ ﳏ ﳐ ﳑ ﳒ ﳓ ﳔ ﳕ ﳖ ﳗ ﳘ ﳙ ﳚ ﳛ ﳜ ﳝ ﳞ ﳟ ﳠ ﳡ ﳢ ﳣ ﳤ ﳥ ﳦ ﳧ ﳨ ﳩ
Do you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky and makes it flow as springs [and rivers] in the earth; then He produces thereby crops of varying colors; then they dry and you see them turned yellow; then He makes them [scattered] debris. Indeed in that is a reminder for those of understanding.
Tafsir
Verse range: 39:21
{He sent down water from the sky} It is rain. It has also been said: Every water on earth descends from the sky to the Sakhra (the foundation rock), then Allah distributes it.
{And He caused it to flow} Meaning: He introduced it and channeled it.
{Into springs in the earth} Meaning: Into fountains, pathways, and conduits, like veins in bodies.
{Varying in its colors} Meaning: Its forms—green, red, yellow, white, and others—and its varieties, such as wheat, barley, sesame, and so on.
{Then it withers} Meaning: It reaches its state of dryness. According to Al-Asma'i: Because when its dryness is complete, it is time for it to be uprooted from its place of growth and pass away.
{And you see it turning yellow} (Note: This refers to the verse's continuation).
{Then He makes it debris} Meaning: Crumbling and broken fragments.
{Indeed, in that is a reminder} Meaning: A reminder and an alert that there must be a Wise Creator, and that this exists by design and management, not by abandonment and neglect. It is also permissible that this is a parable for the worldly life, as in His saying: {The example of the worldly life is but like...} (Yunus: 24), and {Present to them the example of the worldly life} (Al-Kahf: 45). It has been recited as: (musfarran - turning yellow).
{So is one whose breast Allah has expanded to [accept] Islam and he is upon a light from his Lord [like one whose heart is hardened]? Then woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allah. Those are in manifest error.}
