Araf 57-58 | aamsaafanquran's Blog

Araf 57-58

57- HE IS WHO SENDS THE WIND WITH GLADE TIDINGS BEFORE SENDING HIS MERCY, UNTIL WHEN IT CARRIES HEAVY CLOUDS, WE DIRECT IT TO A DEAD PLACE, WITH IT WE SEND DOWN WATER, WITH WHICH WE BRING FORTH ALL FRUIT, AS SUCH WE REVIVE THE DEAD, SO THAT YOU MAY UNDERSTAND.

58- AND THE GOOD LAND BRINGS FORTH ITS PLANT, WITH ITS LORD’S PERMISSION, AND THE EVIL ONE BRING NOTHING BUT MISERY AND HARDSHIP, THIS IS HOW WE DETAIL OUR AYAHS FOR THE THANKFUL PEOPLE.

Rains is welcomed everywhere, particularly in the desert.  With Rain, Allah the Highest turns the desert into green.  Rain water plants and animals, fills up rivers and wells and reservoirs, and we simply cannot live without it.

Rain is good news, while draught leads to starvation and death of all forms of life.  The gift of water is so precious that it is one of Allah’s gifts and rewards on Earth for those who repent and ask for forgiveness.  Allah the Highest said: “I SAID: “ASK YOUR LORD FOR FORGIVENESS, FOR HE IS MOST FORGIVING * HE WILL SEND THE HEAVENS POURING DOWN UPON YOU”.  (S: 71 A: 10-11)

Allah the Highest shows people the evidence for His Bounty when He sends wind carrying cloud laden with rain, to give life to dead land.  It shows us that land cannot have life of any form, plant, animal, insect, birds etc, without water.  Water is the first ingredient of all forms of life, as Allah the Highest said: “AND WE MADE EVERY LIVING THING OUT OF WATER”.  (S: 21 A: 30)

Allah the Highest sends us Faith and Guidance down.  When it reaches good people, even if they have gone astray, it brings their good nature out and we see all that is good from them.   When those who are bad natured and evil inside receive faith and guidance, nothing but evil, rejection and hatred come out of them, leading to misery and hardship.

Without water, the land will be dead, and without Faith, our hearts will be dead.