Surah 35. Fatir, Ayah 9
| وَاللَّهُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ الرِّيَاحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابًا فَسُقْنَاهُ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ مَيِّتٍ فَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ النُّشُورُ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- 'allaah 'alladhe arsala ar- riyaah. fa- tuther sah.aab(an) fa- suqnaa -hu 'ilaa balad mayyit fa- ah.yaynaa bi- -hi al- 'ard. bacda mawt -haa ka- dhaalika an- nushor |
| Pickthall | : | And Allah it is who sendeth the winds and they raise a cloud; then We lead it unto a dead land and revive therewith the earth after its death. Such is the Resurrection. |
| Asad | : | AND [remember:] it is God who sends forth the winds, so that they raise a cloud, whereupon We drive it towards dead land and thereby give life to the earth after it had been lifeless: even thus shall resur-rection be! |
| Malik | : | It is Allah Who sends forth winds to raise up the clouds, then drives them to a dead land and therewith revive the earth after its death. Similar will be the resurrection of the dead. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | It is Allah Who sends forth the Winds so that they raise up the Clouds and We drive them to a Land that is dead and revive the earth therewith after its death: even so (will be) the Resurrection! 3881 |
Note - 3881The allegory here is double. (1) Dry, unpromising soil
may seem to all intents and purposes dead; there is no
source of water near; moisture is sucked up by the sun's
heat in a far-off ocean, and clouds are formed; winds
arise; it seems as if the wind "bloweth as it listeth",
but it is really Allah's Providence that drives it to the
dead land; the rain falls, and behold! there is life and
motion and beauty everywhere! So in the spiritual world,
Allah's Revelation is His Mercy and His Rain; there may
be the individual resurrection (Nushur) or unfolding of a
soul. (2) So again, may be the general Resurrection
(Nushur), the unfolding of a new World in the Hereafter,
out of an old World that is folded up and dead (Takwir,
S. lxxxi).
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The allegory here is double. (1) Dry, unpromising soil may seem to all intents and purposes dead; there is no source of water near; moisture is sucked up by the sun's heat in a far-off ocean, and clouds are formed; winds arise; it seems as if the wind "bloweth as it listeth", but it is really Allah's Providence that drives it to the dead land; the rain falls, and behold! there is life and motion and beauty everywhere! So in the spiritual world, Allah's Revelation is His Mercy and His Rain; there may be the individual resurrection (Nushur) or unfolding of a soul. (2) So again, may be the general Resurrection (Nushur), the unfolding of a new World in the Hereafter, out of an old World that is folded up and dead (Takwir, S. lxxxi). |
