Transliteration:( Wa Huwal lazeee anzala minas samaaa'i maaa'an fa akhrajnaa bihee nabaata kulli shai'in fa akhrajnaa minhu khadiran nukhriju minhu habbam mutaraakibanw wa minan nakhli min tal'ihaa qinwaanun daaniyatunw wa jannaatim min a'naabinw wazzaitoona warrummaana mushtabihanw wa ghaira mutashaabih; unzurooo ilaa samariheee izaaa asmara wa yan'ih; inna fee zaalikum la Aayaatil liqawminy yu'minoon )
214. By this is meant that water is vaporised and evaporates skywards from the ocean due to the heat of the sun or due to the sky. Then due to the intense cold, it forms into clouds and eventually comes down as rain. Rain does not come from the sky itself but from the clouds. It could also mean that the sky is the storehouse of water and all things. From here water reaches wells, rivers, oceans, etc. Says Allah Almighty: "And in heaven is your provision, and that you are promised." (S51:V22)
215. The great sufi sages say that just as the grain cannot grow without water our good deeds need the blessings of pious people in order to be accepted by Allah Almighty. Satan had a large quantity of deeds but they did not receive the water of Prophethood. Hence, they did not achieve any fruition.
216. As seen in the spike of wheat, barley, etc.Â
217. Likewise Allah Almighty has created nourishment and fruit for the development of the heart. Nourishment is nutritious for life while fruits are here to provide taste.Similarly Shariat and Tarieqat are there for the development of the heart. Shariat is nourishment for the spiritual development while Tareeqat is the fruit of this development. Likewise obligatory duties(FARAAID) are nourishment, while voluntary duties(NAWAFIL) are the fruit.
218. Some trees though in appearance seem similar with those in respect of branches and leaves, but are different as far as flowers and fruit are concerned. All this reveals the great power of the Creator. Likewise people too in appearance bear many similarities but differ largely in fruit and deeds. Some are infidels, some are believers, some are sinners, some are pious, some are saints, some are Prophets. Do not make the mistake of taking the saints and Prophets to be like you because of their outer appearance. In appearance the margosa and the melia trees seem quite similar but are poles apart in their fruit. Gold and Brass both appear gold in colour but in reality their nature is poles apart.
219. From this emerge two things:
1. The Lord who has the power to give growth to variety of vegetation from water certainly possesses the absolute power to give life and death to His entire creation through the blast of a single trumpet. Thus Qiyamat is a certainty
2. Allah Almighty has absolute power to raise in the garden of Islam thousands of lush green plants(Muslims) through the teachings of one Prophet. Thus saints, Qutubs, Ghaus, Knowledge, action, wisdom, etc are created and nurtured from this water of Prophethood. From this we learn that the acquisition of botanical sciences is beneficial.
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The tafsir of Surah Al-Anam verse 99 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Anam ayat 98 which provides the complete commentary from verse 98 through 99.
(6:99) And it is He Who has sent down water from the heavens, and thereby We have brought vegetation of every kind, and out of this We have brought forth green foliage and then from it close-packed ears of corn, and out of the palm-tree from the sheath of it – thick clustered dates, hanging down with heaviness, and gardens of vines, and the olive tree, and the pomegranate – all resembling one another and yet so different. Behold their fruit when they bear fruit and ripen! Surely, in all this there are signs for those who believe.
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
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