Surah Rum ayat 50 Tafsir Quran 30:50

﴿فَانظُرْ إِلَىٰ آثَارِ رَحْمَتِ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ يُحْيِي الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ﴾
[ الروم: 50]

30:50 So observe the effects of the mercy of Allah - how He gives life to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed, that [same one] will give life to the dead, and He is over all things competent.

So behold the effects a variant reading has singular athar ‘the effect’ of God’s mercy that is His grace in giving them rain how He revives the earth after it has died after it has dried out so that it produces vegetation again. Surely He is the Reviver of the dead and He has power over all things.

Therefore, look with your minds eyes into the effect of Allahs mercy when extended to the people how He revives the land after it had suffered death! And it is He who shall bring the dead back to life, for He is indeed Qadirun (Omnipotent) over all things

The Revival of the Earth is a Sign of the Resurrection Here Allah explains how He creates the clouds that rain the water. اللَّهُ الَّذِى يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَـحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَاباً ( Allah is He Who sends the winds, so that they raise clouds ) either from the sea, as was mentioned by more than one ( of the scholars ), or from whatever Allah wills. فَيَبْسُطُهُ فِى السَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ ( and spread them along the sky as He wills, ) means, He spreads them and causes them to increase and grow.
From a little He makes a lot, and creates the clouds that look like shields.
Then He spreads them out until they fill the horizon.
Sometimes the clouds come from the sea, heavy and full, as Allah says: وَهُوَ الَّذِى يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْرىً بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِ حَتَّى إِذَآ أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًا ثِقَالاً سُقْنَـهُ لِبَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ ( And it is He Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy.
Till when they have carried a heavy-laden cloud, We drive it to a land that is dead ) until: كَذَلِكَ نُخْرِجُ الْموْتَى لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ( Similarly, We shall raise up the dead, so that you may remember or take heed. ) ( 7:57 ) Allah says here: اللَّهُ الَّذِى يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَـحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَاباً فَيَبْسُطُهُ فِى السَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ وَيَجْعَلُهُ كِسَفاً ( Allah is He Who sends the winds, so that they raise clouds and spread them along the sky as He wills, and then break them into fragments ) Mujahid, Abu `Amr bin Al-`Ala', Matar Al-Warraq and Qatadah said, "This means pieces." Others said that it means `piled up,' as Ad-Dahhak said.
Others said that it means black, because they contained so much water, and sometimes they are heavy and close to the earth.
His saying: فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلاَلِهِ ( until you see rain drops come forth from their midst! ) means, `so you see the drops, i.e., the rain, which come from the midst of those clouds.' فَإِذَآ أَصَابَ بِهِ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ ( Then when He has made them fall on whom of His servants as He wills, lo, they rejoice! ) They rejoice at the rain when it comes to them because of their need for it. وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِّن قَبْلِهِ لَمُبْلِسِينَ ( And verily, before that -- just before it was sent down upon them -- they were in despair! ) The people to whom this rain came were in despair, thinking that it rain would never fall, just before it came to them.
When it came to them, it came at the time of greatest need, so it was a tremendous event for them What this means is that they were in need of it before it fell, and there had been no rainfall for a long time, so they were waiting for it at the time when it was due, but it did not come to them at that time.
The rain was late, and a long time passed.
Then the rain came to them suddenly, after they began to despair, and after their land became dry and barren, it was stirred to life, and it swelled and produced every lovely kind of growth.
Allah says: فَانظُرْ إِلَى ءَاثَـرِ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ ( Look then at the effects of Allah's mercy, ) meaning, the rain. كَيْفَ يُحْىِ الاٌّرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَآ ( how He revives the earth after its death. ) Thus Allah draws attention to the revival of people's bodies after they have died and disintegrated into nothing. إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَمُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى ( Verily, that (Allah ) shall indeed raise the dead.) means, the One Who does that is able to raise the dead. إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ( and He is able to do all things. ) وَلَئِنْ أَرْسَلْنَا رِيحًا فَرَأَوْهُ مُصْفَرّاً لَّظَلُّواْ مِن بَعْدِهِ يَكْفُرُونَ ( And if We send a wind, and they see it turn yellow -- behold, they then would become unthankful (disbelievers ).) وَلَئِنْ أَرْسَلْنَا رِيحًا ( And if We send a wind, ) means, a wind which dries up the crops which they have tended and cultivated and which have matured, and they see them turn yellow, and start to rot, if this were to happen, they would become ungrateful, i.e., they would deny the previous blessings that they were given.
This is like the Ayah, أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ ( Then tell Me about the seed that you sow in the ground. ) until: بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ( Nay, but we are deprived! ) ( 56:63-67 )

(30:50) See, then, the tokens of Allah's Mercy: how He revives the earth after it is dead. *73 Verily He is the One Who will revive the dead. He has power over everything.

So observe the effects of the mercy meaning

*73) There is a subtle allusion in the mention of the Prophethood and the rain, one after the other, to the reality that the advent of a Prophet is a blessing for man's moral life even as the coming of the rain proves to be a blessing for his material life.
Just as the dead earth awakens to life by a shower of the rain from the sky and starts blooming and swelling with vegetation, so is the morally and spiritually desolate human world quickened to life at the coming down of Divine Revelation and starts blossoming with moral excellences and virtues.
This is the disbelievers' own misfortune that they show ingratitude, and regard the blessing of Prophethood as a portent of death for themselves instead of a good news of life.

 

The Revival of the Earth is a Sign of the Resurrection Here Allah explains how He creates the clouds that rain the water. اللَّهُ الَّذِى يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَـحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَاباً ( Allah is He Who sends the winds, so that they raise clouds ) either from the sea, as was mentioned by more than one ( of the scholars ), or from whatever Allah wills. فَيَبْسُطُهُ فِى السَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ ( and spread them along the sky as He wills, ) means, He spreads them and causes them to increase and grow.
From a little He makes a lot, and creates the clouds that look like shields.
Then He spreads them out until they fill the horizon.
Sometimes the clouds come from the sea, heavy and full, as Allah says: وَهُوَ الَّذِى يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْرىً بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِ حَتَّى إِذَآ أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًا ثِقَالاً سُقْنَـهُ لِبَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ ( And it is He Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy.
Till when they have carried a heavy-laden cloud, We drive it to a land that is dead ) until: كَذَلِكَ نُخْرِجُ الْموْتَى لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ( Similarly, We shall raise up the dead, so that you may remember or take heed. ) ( 7:57 ) Allah says here: اللَّهُ الَّذِى يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَـحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَاباً فَيَبْسُطُهُ فِى السَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ وَيَجْعَلُهُ كِسَفاً ( Allah is He Who sends the winds, so that they raise clouds and spread them along the sky as He wills, and then break them into fragments ) Mujahid, Abu `Amr bin Al-`Ala', Matar Al-Warraq and Qatadah said, "This means pieces." Others said that it means `piled up,' as Ad-Dahhak said.
Others said that it means black, because they contained so much water, and sometimes they are heavy and close to the earth.
His saying: فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلاَلِهِ ( until you see rain drops come forth from their midst! ) means, `so you see the drops, i.e., the rain, which come from the midst of those clouds.' فَإِذَآ أَصَابَ بِهِ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ ( Then when He has made them fall on whom of His servants as He wills, lo, they rejoice! ) They rejoice at the rain when it comes to them because of their need for it. وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِّن قَبْلِهِ لَمُبْلِسِينَ ( And verily, before that -- just before it was sent down upon them -- they were in despair! ) The people to whom this rain came were in despair, thinking that it rain would never fall, just before it came to them.
When it came to them, it came at the time of greatest need, so it was a tremendous event for them What this means is that they were in need of it before it fell, and there had been no rainfall for a long time, so they were waiting for it at the time when it was due, but it did not come to them at that time.
The rain was late, and a long time passed.
Then the rain came to them suddenly, after they began to despair, and after their land became dry and barren, it was stirred to life, and it swelled and produced every lovely kind of growth.
Allah says: فَانظُرْ إِلَى ءَاثَـرِ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ ( Look then at the effects of Allah's mercy, ) meaning, the rain. كَيْفَ يُحْىِ الاٌّرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَآ ( how He revives the earth after its death. ) Thus Allah draws attention to the revival of people's bodies after they have died and disintegrated into nothing. إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَمُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى ( Verily, that (Allah ) shall indeed raise the dead.) means, the One Who does that is able to raise the dead. إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ( and He is able to do all things. ) وَلَئِنْ أَرْسَلْنَا رِيحًا فَرَأَوْهُ مُصْفَرّاً لَّظَلُّواْ مِن بَعْدِهِ يَكْفُرُونَ ( And if We send a wind, and they see it turn yellow -- behold, they then would become unthankful (disbelievers ).) وَلَئِنْ أَرْسَلْنَا رِيحًا ( And if We send a wind, ) means, a wind which dries up the crops which they have tended and cultivated and which have matured, and they see them turn yellow, and start to rot, if this were to happen, they would become ungrateful, i.e., they would deny the previous blessings that they were given.
This is like the Ayah, أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ ( Then tell Me about the seed that you sow in the ground. ) until: بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ( Nay, but we are deprived! ) ( 56:63-67 )

( Look, therefore, ) O Muhammad ( at the prints of Allah’s mercy (in creation )) before and after the rain: ( how He quickeneth the earth after her death ) after her dryness and exposure to drought. ( Lo! He verily is the Quickener of the Dead ) for the resurrection, ( and He is Able to do all things ) give life and death and resurrect the creation.

Look then at the effects (results) of Allah's Mercy, how He revives the earth after its death. Verily! That (Allah) Who revived the earth after its death shall indeed raise the dead (on the Day of Resurrection), and He is Able to do all things.

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