Surah An-Nahl
Chapter 16 · Verse 10 · Revealed in Makkah
“It is He who sends down rain from the sky; from it is drink and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals].”
Translation: Saheeh International
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Reflection — Ibn Kathir
The Blessings of Rain, and explaining how it is one of the Signs
When Allah mentions the blessings of cattle and other animals that He has granted mankind, He then mentions how He has blessed them by sending rain down from the sky above, which has been fulfilling the needs and bringing joy to people and their cattle. Allah says:
لَّكُم مَّنْهُ شَرَابٌ
Reflection — Maarif ul Quran
Commentary
The word: شَجَر (shajar) in verse 10: مِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ (from which [ you grow ] plants, on which you pasture cattle) is mostly applied to a tree which stands on a trunk. Sometimes, it is also applied, in an absolute sense, to everything which grows on land. Included therein are grass on stems or tendrils. This is the sense meant in this verse, because the pasturing of cattle has been mentioned immediately after which is mostly related to grass.
What does this verse bring up for you today?