Transliteration:( Wa min Aayaatihee yureekumul barqa khawfanw wa tama'anw wa yunazzilu minas samaaa'i maaa'an fa yuhyee bihil arda ba'da mawtihaaa inna fee zaalika la Aayaatil liqawminy ya'qiloon )
"And one of His signs is that He shows you lightning for fear and hope [47], and sends down water from the sky, and gives life therewith to the earth after its death. No doubt in it are signs for people who understand [48]."
The sight of lightning is a sign that evokes both hope and fear:
Hope, because it often signals the arrival of rain, which is essential for life.
Fear, because lightning can strike and destroy, causing danger and damage.
This duality reflects the comprehensive nature of Allah’s signs—mercy and might, benefit and warning—both coexisting in balance.
The verse concludes by emphasizing that such signs are for those who "understand", meaning those who use their intellect and knowledge to reflect on faith and divine guidance.
Knowledge and intellect are indeed among the greatest gifts of Allah,
But if misused or not directed toward understanding truth, they can become destructive.
As Allah says:
"And Allah led him astray despite his knowledge" (Surah Al-Jathiyah, 45:23).
Thus, true understanding lies in using one’s mind and insight to recognize Allah, believe in Him, and submit to His will, which is what elevates mankind above other creations.
24. And among His signs is that He shows you the lightning, for fear and for hope, and He sends down water from the sky, and therewith revives the earth after its death. Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who understand. 25. And among His signs is that the heaven and the earth stand by His command. Then afterwards when He will call you by a single call, behold, you will come out from the earth.) Allah says,
(And among His signs) which speak of His greatness,
(He shows you the lightning, for fear and for hope,) Sometimes you fear the heavy rain and destructive thunderbolts that follow it, and sometimes you feel hope, when you see a flash of lightning, that much-needed rain will come. Allah says:
(and He sends down water from the sky, and therewith revives the earth after its death.) After it was barren, with nothing growing there, then the water comes to it and
(it is stirred, and it swells and puts forth every lovely kind (of growth).) (22:5). In this is a clear sign and proof of the resurrection and the coming of the Hour. Allah says:
(Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who understand.) Then Allah says:
(And among His signs is that the heaven and the earth stand by His command.) This is like the Ayat:
(He withholds the heaven from falling on the earth except by His leave) (22: 65).
(Verily, Allah grasps the heavens and the earth lest they should move away from their places) (35:41). Whenever `Umar bin Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, swore an emphatic oath, he would say, “No, by the One by Whose command the heaven and the earth stand,” i.e., they stand firm by His command to them and His subjugation of them. Then, when the Day of Resurrection comes, the Day when the earth will be exchanged with another earth and the dead will come forth from their graves, brought back to life by His command and His call to them,
(Then afterwards when He will call you by a single call, behold, you will come out from the earth.) This is like the Ayat:
(On the Day when He will call you, and you will answer with His praise and obedience, and you will think that you have stayed but a little while!) (17:52)
(But it will be only a single Zajrah. When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death. ) (79:13-14), and
(It will be but a single Sayhah, so behold they will all be brought up before Us!) (36:53).
(30:24) And of His Signs is that He shows you lightning, arousing both fear and hope,[34] and sends down water from the sky and revives the earth after it is dead.[35] Indeed there are Signs in this for those who use their reason.
34. That is, its thunder and lightning give hope that rain will come and help the crops, but at the same time they cause a fear that the lightning may strike somewhere, or heavy rain may fall, which may wash away everything.
35. This thing, on the one hand, points to the life Hereafter, and on the other, proves that God exists, and there is One God alone, Who is controlling the earth and the heavens. Innumerable creatures of the earth live on the products that come out from the earth. These products depend on the productivity of the earth. The productivity depends on the rain, whether it directly falls on the earth, or its water gathers together on the surface of the earth, or takes the form of underground water channels or springs or wells, or freezes on the mountains and then flows down in the form of rivers. Then the rain depends on the heat of the sun, the change of seasons, atmospheric changes in temperature, circulation of the winds, and on the lightning, which causes the rain to fall as well as mixes a kind of natural manure in the rainwater. The establishment of a harmony and proportion between different things existing from the earth to the sky, their becoming favorable and subservient to a variety of aims and objects, and their remaining continuously and constantly favorable in perfect harmony for millions of million years cannot be the product of mere chance. Has it all happened without the all-embracing will and plan and wisdom of a Fashioner and Designer? And is it not a proof of the fact that the Creator and Lord of the earth, the sun, the water, the heat and coolness is One and only One?
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