Tafsir for verse: 29:63
وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّن نَّزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَحۡيَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَوۡتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُۚ قُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٣ ﴿63﴾
63And if you ask them as to who sends down water from the sky, then revives the land with it, they will certainly say, “Allah”. Say, “Praise is for Allah.” But most of them do not understand.
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Commentary

The Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, praised those who acknowledged something similar to what they acknowledged, and this benefited him in the oneness of Allah and negated rivals and partners from Him. It was not an empty acknowledgment like that of the polytheists. They acknowledged what is a proof against them, as they attributed the blessing to Allah while they made worship for the idol. Then he said, 'But most of them do not understand what they say and what it indicates about the invalidity of polytheism and the correctness of monotheism.' Or do they not understand what you mean by saying, 'All praise is due to Allah,' and do they not realize why you praised Allah in their statement?

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