Transience of Worldly Life and the Cycle of Creation

Az-Zumar — Verses 21–21 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَسَلَكَهُ يَنَابِيعَ فِي الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ بِهِ زَرْعًا مُّخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَانُهُ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ حُطَامًا ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ ٢١

See you not, that Allah sends down water (rain) from the sky, and causes it to penetrate the earth, (and then makes it to spring up) as water-springs and afterward thereby produces crops of different colours, and afterward they wither and you see them turn yellow, then He makes them dry and broken pieces. Verily, in this, is a Reminder for men of understanding.

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً
See you not, that Allah sends down water (rain) from the sky,
فَسَلَكَهُ يَنَابِيعَ فِي الْأَرْضِ
and causes it to penetrate the earth, (and then makes it to spring up) as water-springs
ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ بِهِ زَرْعًا مُّخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَانُهُ
and afterward thereby produces crops of different colours,
ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًّا
and afterward they wither and you see them turn yellow,
ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ حُطَامًا ۚ
then He makes them dry and broken pieces.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ
Verily, in this, is a Reminder for men of understanding.