Surah Az Zukhruf Tafseer

وَالَّذِي نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَاء مَاء بِقَدَرٍ

And Who sends down water from the sky in due measure,

means, according to what is sufficient for your crops, fruits and drinking water for yourselves and your cattle.

فَأَنشَرْنَا بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا

then We revive a dead land therewith,

means, a barren land, for when the water comes to it, it is stirred (to life), and it swells and puts forth every lovely kind (of growth).

By referring to the revival of the earth, Allah draws attention to how He will bring bodies back to life on the Day of Resurrection, after they have been dead.

كَذَلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ

and even so you will be brought forth.

Then Allah says