Tafsir for verse: 39:21
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَسَلَكَهُۥ يَنَٰبِيعَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ثُمَّ يُخۡرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرۡعٗا مُّخۡتَلِفًا أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصۡفَرّٗا ثُمَّ يَجۡعَلُهُۥ حُطَٰمًاۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكۡرَىٰ لِأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٢١ ﴿21
21Have you not seen that Allah sent down water from the sky, then made it penetrate into the earth (and gush forth) in the form of springs? Then He brings forth with it crops of different colors, and afterwards they wither, and you see them turned yellow, then He makes them chaff. Surely in that there is a lesson for the people of understanding.
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Commentary

He sent down from the sky water, which is rain. It is said: Every water on earth is from the sky, descending from it to the rock, then Allah divides it. So He made it flow and entered it, organizing it into springs in the earth, channels, and waterways like veins in the bodies. Its colors are different, with appearances of green, red, yellow, white, and others. Its types include wheat, barley, sesame, and others. It stirs when it dries up, according to Al-Asma'i, because when it is fully dried, it is time for it to rise from its place and become debris, fragments, and dust. Indeed, in that is a reminder for reminding and alerting, that there must be a wise Creator, and that this occurs by design and planning, not by neglect and carelessness.

And it may be an example of the world, as His saying, 'Indeed, the example of the worldly life,' and 'Set forth for them the example of the worldly life.' And it was read: 'Musfaran'.

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