Tafsir for verse: 16:13
وَمَا ذَرَأَ لَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُخۡتَلِفًا أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ١٣ ﴿13
13And (He subjugated to you) whatever He created for you on the earth having varied colors. Surely, in that, there is a sign for a people who accept advice.
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Commentary

And when what has passed was a place for contemplation that produces knowledge of the oneness of the Creator and His choice; and contemplation in that is a reminder of what follows it from the secret of the disparity in color, which cannot be precisely categorized in writing; and in that is the completion of refuting the saying about the influence of the celestial bodies and the natures; because their relation to all parts of a single paper and a single seed is one; Allah, the Exalted, said - in connection with 'the night' -: ﴿And what He created﴾; meaning: He created; and spread; and differentiated the soil and the water; ﴿For you﴾; meaning: specifically; so be grateful to Him; and know that He has not singled you out with this great arrangement except for great wisdom; the greatest of which is the manifestation of His majesty on the Day of Judgment; ﴿In the earth﴾; meaning: of what He mentioned; and others; while being ﴿Different in colors﴾; even in a single paper; so you see one side of it - rather, some of it - in the utmost redness; and the other in the utmost blackness; or yellowness; and so on; if the influencer were necessarily causal, this disparity in effects would not have occurred; thus it is known for certain that He is only capable and chosen; and He did not mention the difference in forms; because their indication - due to the difference in the shapes of the stars from the sky, and the shapes of the mountains, and the hills, and the valleys of the earth - is not on the refutation of nature as the indication of the difference in color is.

And when that was - even though it is outside the limit in spreading - one from the aspect of being a color; it unified the verse; so He said: ﴿Indeed, in that﴾; what He created in this state; in this great manner; ﴿is a sign﴾; and when He alerted in the one before it that the matter has reached a clarity that does not require anything other than the obviousness of the mind; He alerted here that this is known, but has been affected by forgetfulness and negligence; urging to exert effort in contemplating that; and indicating that its indication of the intended is in utmost clarity; so He said: ﴿For a people who reflect﴾; and if they did not delve deeply; with what the merging has conveyed; and 'reflection' is the seeking of meaning by contemplating its relation; so there must be a presence of a meaning that is sought for the sake of another; and He, glorified is He, has arranged that in the most exquisite order; for He mentioned the composite bodies in general; then specified the animals; then the living body in general, which is the plant; then the simples; from water and the like; then the attributes; from colors.

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