Tafsir for verses: 36:33, 36:34, 36:35, 36:36
وَءَايَةٞ لَّهُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ ٱلۡمَيۡتَةُ أَحۡيَيۡنَٰهَا وَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مِنۡهَا حَبّٗا فَمِنۡهُ يَأۡكُلُونَ ٣٣ ﴿33﴾ وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا جَنَّٰتٖ مِّن نَّخِيلٖ وَأَعۡنَٰبٖ وَفَجَّرۡنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡعُيُونِ ٣٤ ﴿34﴾ لِيَأۡكُلُواْ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦ وَمَا عَمِلَتۡهُ أَيۡدِيهِمۡۚ أَفَلَا يَشۡكُرُونَ ٣٥ ﴿35﴾ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡأَزۡوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمِنۡ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٦ ﴿36﴾
33And a sign for them is the dead land. We gave it life and brought forth grain from it; so from it they eat. 34And We have placed gardens of date-palms and grapes, and caused springs to gush forth therein, 35so that they may eat fruits thereof, while it was not made by their hands. Would they not then offer gratitude? 36Pure (from every fault) is the One who has created all the pairs of whatever the earth grows and of the humans themselves and of that which they do not know.
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Commentary
Reading with the dead is more common due to its ease on the tongue. And 'We have brought it to life' is a resumption of explanation for the fact that the dead earth is a sign. Similarly, 'We will strip' can be described by action, because both are intended as general kinds, not a specific earth. [Mahrud said: 'It is permissible for
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