Tafsir for verse: 38:42
ٱرۡكُضۡ بِرِجۡلِكَۖ هَٰذَا مُغۡتَسَلُۢ بَارِدٞ وَشَرَابٞ ٤٢ ﴿42﴾
42(Allah said to him,) “Strike (the ground) with your foot: Here is a cool water to bathe, and a drink!”
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Commentary
And when the listener longed for his response to that, he began his saying: "Run"; meaning: we said to him: strike the ground; and create the running; and it is (p-391) walking; and moving; and hastening; and urging; "with your foot"; from it comes forth beneficial water; good; for you to wash in it; and drink from it; so he did; and We caused a spring to gush forth for him; and it was said to him: "This" by the indication of the near one; an indication of its ease; "a place to wash"; meaning: water to wash with; and its location and time is "cold"; meaning: it cools the heat of the outward; "and a drink"; it cools the heat of the inward.
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