The Poets (Al-Shu‘ara’)
Verses 7-9 GROUP_941 26.7-9
7
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ
Do they not see the earth, and what beneficial kinds of things We have caused to grow in it?
8
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Surely in this there is a sign, yet most of them would not believe:
9
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
truly, your Lord is the Mighty One, the Merciful.
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Commentary
(a) The sprouting of a green and flourishing tree from the earth is as wonderful an event as the sudden emergence of a camel from the earth and its starting to walk on its surface. People are wonder-struck by the second type of incident, though more wonderful incidents are always happening on the earth without their learning any lesson from them. Almighty God wants man to notice the extraordinary aspects of ordinary events which are not immediately apparent. In the events happening in the chain of cause and effect, he should be able to observe the direct role of God. Those who display this high degree of insight are the ones who will be treated as having faith in God and the ones who will be blessed with the eternal grace of God.