The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 590
CH. 30 AR-RŪM PT. 21 مِنَ الْحَيَّ وَيُحْيِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ;forth the dead from the living وَكَذَلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ and He gives life to the earth after its death. And in like manner shall you be brought forth. 3001A R. 3. وَمِنْ أَيْته أَنْ خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ إِذَا And one of His Signs is that. 21 اَنْتُمْ بَشَرٌ تَنْتَشِرُونَ He created you from dust; then, behold, you are men spreading over the earth. 3002 3001A. Commentary: The present verse sums up the subject matter of the foregoing verses and points to the conclusion that a people who intellectually, morally and spiritually were as good as dead, by acting upon the teaching of the Quran not only became the teachers of mankind in physical sciences but became also its moral and spiritual preceptors. This phenomenon of the coming to life of a dead people is witnessed in the time of every Prophet and Divine Reformer and serves as a great proof in support of life after death. 3002. Important Words: (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: The raising of the dead to life in the next life or of a morally and spiritually dead people to a new life in this world, as is stated above, forms the central theme of the Sūrah under comment. Some aspects of this dealt with in the foregoing verses. very important subject have been The present and the next six verses deal with some more aspects. They refer to some unmistakable signs which prove and establish God's existence and point to His great power and control over life and death. These signs fall under two categories: (a) signs that appear from God and lead men to God and (b) all those natural phenomena which establish man's faith in God or which prove God's existence and Almightiness. (men) is derived from (bashara). They sayi. e. the locusts ate altogether what was upon the surface of the earth so as to lay bare its surface. (bashshara- hu) means, he announced to him a news which produced a change in his In the present verse we have, "He complexion or revealed his emotions. created you from dust" (1), while Man is called because he is elsewhere man is stated to have been possessed of strong emotions and created from bi. e. clay (6:3; 17:62; because of all living things his body 23:13; 32:8; 37:12; 38:72). In fact is most exposed to outer influences | man's creation from dust or dry earth 2504