The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 552
CH. 7 AL-A'RĀF PT. 8 وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُرْسِلُ الرِّيحَ بُشْرًا بَيْنَ يَدَى And He it is Who sends the. 58 رَحْمَتِهِ حَتَّى إِذَا أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًا ثِقَالًا سُقْنهُ لِبَلَدٍ مَّيْتٍ فَأَنْزَلْنَا بِهِ الْمَاءَ فَأَخْرَجْنَابِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ كَذَلِكَ يُخْرِجُ الْمَوْلى لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ winds as glad tidings before His mercy, till, when they bear a heavy cloud, We drive it to a dead land, then We send down water therefrom, and We bring forth therewith fruits of every kind. In like manner do We bring forth the dead that you may remember. 957 "15:23; 24:44; 25:49; 27:64; 30:47; 35:10. may be accepted. But it should be remembered that a is not an ordinary doer of good. The word signifies "one who strives to be perfect in his deeds". A saying of the Holy Prophet describes and as one who does a good deed as if he were actually seeing God or that at least God was seeing him. 957. Important Words: (bear) is derived from J. They sayi. e. the thing was or became few, small or scanty. Jül means, he lifted, raised, bore or carried the thing (Aqrab). Commentary: The word a (mercy) in this verse refers to rain. Just as in the physical world rain is preceded by cool breezes which serve as its harbingers, similarly before a Prophet of God is to make his appearance, there is a sort of general religious awakening among men. This religious awakening was witnessed among the Arabs before the appearance of the Holy Prophet. There appeared among them certain individuals called Ḥanifs 992 who rejected idolatry and believed in and preached the Oneness of God. In the present time also, the advent of Ahmad, the Promised Messiah, was preceded by a general religious awakening among the nations of the world. The words, a dead land, literally mean, physically dead, but metaphorically the words also signify a spiritually dead land. Just as rainwater puts new life into a dead land and causes fruits, vegetables and corn to grow from it, similarly, the heavenly water of revelation breathes a new life into a people devoid of spiritual life. The verse thus holds out the promise that the bleak, arid and barren land of Arabia would soon blossom forth into a garden full of trees laden with fruit, and plants bearing fragrant flowers in consequence of the heavenly water that had descended on it. No wonder, indeed, that the Arabs, who had hitherto been regarded as the dregs and scum of humanity, suddenly emerged as teachers and leaders thereof.