The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 746
CH. 36 YA SİN PT. 23 وَاَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهَا حَبَّا فَمِنْهُ يَأْكُلُونَ and bring forth therefrom grain, of which they eat. 3235 وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا جَنَّتٍ مِّنْ نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَابٍ And We have placed in it. 35 also gardens of date-palms and grapes, and We have caused springs to gush forth therein, 3236 وَفَجَّرْنَا فِيهَا مِنَ الْعُيُونِ لِيَأْكُلُوا مِنْ ثَمَرِهِ وَمَا عَمِلَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ That they may eat of the. 36 أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ fruit thereof, and it was not their hands that made them grow up. Will they not then be grateful? سُبْحَنَ الَّذِى خَلَقَ كُلَّهَ Holy is He Who created all. 37 مِمَّا تُنْبِتُ الْاَرْضُ وَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ grows, and of themselves, and وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ. things in pairs, of what the earth of what they know not. 3237 a13:5; 16:68; 23:20. 13:4; 51:50. 3235. Commentary: What greater sign of the power of God there could be than that in a certain season of the year the earth becomes dried up and parched. Then water falls from heaven and all of a sudden it begins to bloom and blossom and becomes full of all kinds of fruits and flowers? From this similitude the present verse draws attention to the fact that a greater Divine sign is about to occur in the dry and parched land of Arabia. The water of Divine revelation has begun to descend on it and it will now vibrate with new life. This drama was enacted before the very eyes of the world. Through the teachings of the Quran and under the influence of the Holy Prophet, a people steeped deep in the darkness of ignorance and 2660 iniquity, within the brief space of a few years, not only themselves became enlightened and learned but also imparted light and learning to the spiritually and morally dark and dead world. The reference in the verse may also be to the appearance of a Prophet in the Latter Days. 3236. Commentary: The metaphor used in the preceding verse is continued here. The verse means to say that from the dry land of Arabia will gush forth springs and fountains of spiritual knowledge, and trees laden with different kinds of spiritual fruit will grow up all over the land. 3237. Commentary: The verse reveals a scientific truth, viz. that God has created all things in