Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (So let man look at his food.)

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Exegesis of His saying, the Exalted: (So let man look at his food)

Then He, Mighty and Majestic, reminded man of what He had bestowed upon him:

⁽²⁴⁾ Then let mankind look at his food - ⁽²⁵⁾ How We poured down water in torrents,

فَلْيَنْظُرْ الإِنسَانُ إِلَى طَعَامِهِ * أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبّاً

[Abasa: 24-25] Meaning: Let him look at his food, where did it come from? And who brought it? And did anyone create it other than Allah? And man should remember, upon this verse, the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:

⁽⁶³⁾ And have you seen that [seed] which you sow? ⁽⁶⁴⁾ Is it you who makes it grow, or are We the grower? ⁽⁶⁵⁾ If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder, ⁽⁶⁶⁾ [Saying], "Indeed, we are [now] in debt; ⁽⁶⁷⁾ Rather, we have been deprived."

أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا تَحْرُثُونَ * أَأَنْتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُ أَمْ نَحْنُ الزَّارِعُونَ * لَوْ نَشَاءُ لَجَعَلْنَاهُ حُطَاماً فَظَلَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ * إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ * بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

[Al-Waqi'ah: 63-67] Who planted this crop until it grew straight? And facilitated its acquisition until it became food for us? It is Allah, Mighty and Majestic,And for this he said: (If We had willed, We could have made it broken) After We bring it forth, We would crush it so that you would not benefit from it:

⁽⁶⁸⁾ And have you seen the water that you drink? ⁽⁶⁹⁾ Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down? ⁽⁷⁰⁾ If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?

أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ الْمَاءَ الَّذِي تَشْرَبُونَ * أَأَنْتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنْ الْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ الْمُنزِلُونَ * لَوْ نَشَاءُ جَعَلْنَاهُ أُجَاجاً فَلَوْلا تَشْكُرُونَ

[Al-Waqi'ah: 68-70] And here He says:

Then let mankind look at his food -

فَلْيَنْظُرْ الإِنسَانُ إِلَى طَعَامِهِ

[Abasa: 24] Where did it come to him from,

How We poured down water in torrents,

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبّاً

[Abasa: 25] Meaning: from the clouds

Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الأَرْضَ شَقّاً

[Abasa: 26] After the rain falls upon it, it cracks with vegetation:

And We caused to grow therein.

فَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا

[Abasa: 27] Meaning: in the earth

grain ⁽²⁸⁾ And grapes and herbage ⁽²⁹⁾ And olive and palm trees ⁽³⁰⁾ And gardens of dense shrubbery ⁽³¹⁾ And fruit and grass -

حَبَّاً * وَعِنَباً وَقَضْباً * وَزَيْتُوناً وَنَخْلاً * وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْباً * وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبّاً

[Abasa: 27-31] We caused to grow therein grain, such as wheat, rice, corn, barley, and other numerous grains, (and grapes) which is known, (and lucerne) it is said that it is the qatt, which is known, (and olives) which are known, (and date palms) likewise.
(And gardens of thick foliage) Gardens is the plural of garden, and (thick foliage) means having many trees, and (fruit) means what a person enjoys from the various types of fruits, (and abba) Abba is a plant known to the Arabs, which camels graze on

As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

مَتَاعاً لَكُمْ وَلأَنْعَامِكُمْ

[Abasa: 32] Meaning: We did that as a pleasure for you, by which your strength is sustained and you also enjoy yourselves by partaking of these blessings.

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