Our God — Page 50
50 lesson for you. We provide you with a drink out of that which is in their bellies; that is, from betwixt the faeces and the blood We provide milk pure and pleasant for those who drink it. Look at the bee as well. Your Lord directed the bee saying: Make thou houses in the hills and in the trees and in the trellises, and suck the juice of fruits and follow the ways appointed for thee by thy Lord in submission. There comes out of the bellies of the bees honey of various hues, possessing healing qualities for people. Surely in that is a sign for people who reflect. ِرُظْنَيْلَف ُناَسْنِاْلا ىٰلِا ٖۤهِماَعَط اَّنَا اَنْبَبَص َءٓاَمْلا اًّبَص َّمُث اَنْقَقَش َضْرَاْلا اًّقَش اَنْتَبْۢنَاَف اَهْيِف اًّبَح َّو 1 اًبَنِع َّو اًبْضَق َّو اًنْوُتْيَز َّو اًلْخَن َّو َقِٕىٓاَدَح اًبْلُغ َّو ًةَهِكاَف َّو اًّبَا اًعاَتَّم ْمُكَّل َو ْمُكِماَعْنَاِل Now let man look at his daily food. We pour down water from the sky in abundance; then, We cleave the earth a proper cleaving, then We cause to grow therein grain, grapes, vegetables, the olive and the date-palm, walled gardens thickly planted, and fruits and herbage, as provision for you and your cattle. ِنٰمْحَّرلا ْنِم ٍتُوٰفَت١ؕ ِعِجْراَف َرَصَبْلا١ۙ ْلَه ىٰرَت ْنِم ٍرْوُطُف َّمُث ِعِجْرا َرَصَبْلا ِنْيَتَّرَك ْبِلَقْنَي َكْيَلِا ْمُكُّيَا ُنَسْحَا اًلَمَع١ؕ َو َوُه ُزْيِزَعْلا ُرْوُفَغْلا ْيِذَّلا َقَلَخ َعْبَس ٍتٰوٰمَس اًقاَبِط١ؕ اَم ىٰرَت ْيِف ِقْلَخ َكَرٰبَت ْيِذَّلا ِهِدَيِب ُكْلُمْلا١ٞ َو َوُه ىٰلَع ِّلُك ٍءْيَش ُرْيِدَق ْيِذَّل۟ا َقَلَخ َتْوَمْلا َو َةوٰيَحْلا ْمُكَوُلْبَيِل 2 ُرَصَبْلا اًئِساَخ َّو َوُه ٌرْيِسَح Blessed is He in whose hand is the kingdom and He has the power over all things, who has created death and life that He might try 1. S u rah ‘Abasa, 80:25–23. 2. S u rah al-Mulk, 67:2–5.