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Al-A'raf 58

Ayah 58 of 206 · Meccan

وَٱلۡبَلَدُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ يَخۡرُجُ نَبَاتُهُۥ بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِۦۖ وَٱلَّذِي خَبُثَ لَا يَخۡرُجُ إِلَّا نَكِدٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٖ يَشۡكُرُونَ ٥٨

And the good land - its vegetation emerges by permission of its Lord; but that which is bad - nothing emerges except sparsely, with difficulty. Thus do We diversify the signs for a people who are grateful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱلۡبَلَدُAnd the land wal-baladu
  2. ٱلطَّيِّبُ[the] purel-ṭayibu
  3. يَخۡرُجُcomes forthyakhruju
  4. نَبَاتُهُۥits vegetationnabātuhu
  5. بِإِذۡنِby (the) permissionbi-idh'ni
  6. رَبِّهِۦۖ(of) its Lordrabbihi
  7. وَٱلَّذِيbut whichwa-alladhī
  8. خَبُثَis bad khabutha
  9. لَا(does) notlā
  10. يَخۡرُجُcome forthyakhruju
  11. إِلَّاexceptillā
  12. نَكِدٗاۚ(with) difficultynakidan
  13. كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
  14. نُصَرِّفُWe explainnuṣarrifu
  15. ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِthe Signsl-āyāti
  16. لِقَوۡمٖfor a peopleliqawmin
  17. يَشۡكُرُونَwho are gratefulyashkurūna

Tafsir

Good land produces vegetation in abundance, by Allah’s permission. Likewise, the believer understands the teachings they are given and they benefit from them, acting accordingly with righteousness. On the other hand, the rotten, salty land only produces vegetation in small amounts, and there is little goodness in what it produces. Likewise, the disbeliever will not benefit from the true teachings they receive, and will not perform good actions that benefit him. Through such variation Allah reveals His signs and proofs in different ways, to confirm the truth to a people who are thankful for Allah’s blessings, who do not disbelieve them, and who follow their Lord.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran