Surah Al An'am Tafseer

Recognizing Allah Through Some of His Ayat

Allah

إِنَّ اللّهَ فَالِقُ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى

Verily! It is Allah Who causes the seed grain and the fruit stone to split and sprout.

Allah states that He causes the seed grain and the fruit stone to split and sprout in the ground, producing various types, colors, shapes, and tastes of grains and produce.

The Ayah,

فَالِقُ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى

(Who causes the seed grain and the fruit stone to split and sprout) is explained by the next statement,

يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَمُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتِ مِنَ الْحَيِّ

He brings forth the living from the dead, and it is He Who brings forth the deed from the living.

meaning, He brings the living plant from the seed grain and the fruit stone, which is a lifeless and inanimate object.

Allah said,

وَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ الاْاَرْضُ الْمَيْتَةُ أَحْيَيْنَاهَا وَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهَا حَبًّا فَمِنْهُ يَأْكُلُونَ

And a sign for them is the dead land. We gave it life, and We brought forth from it grains, so that they eat thereof. (36:33) until,

وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

(as well as of their own (human) kind (male and female), and of that which they know not. (36:36)

Allah's statement,

وَمُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتِ مِنَ الْحَيِّ

(and it is He Who brings forth the dead from the living).

There are similar expressions in meaning such as, He brings the egg from the chicken, and the opposite.

Others said that it means, He brings the wicked offspring from the righteous parent and the opposite, and there are other possible meanings for the Ayah.

Allah said,

ذَلِكُمُ اللّهُ

Such is Allah,

meaning, He Who does all this, is Allah, the One and Only without partners,

فَأَنَّى تُوْفَكُونَ

then how are you deluded away from the truth.

meaning, look how you are deluded from Truth to the falsehood of worshipping others besides Allah.

Allah's statement