Al-Waqi’ah 56:64
The Inevitable · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 536
Do You Make It Grow?
ءَأَنتُمۡ تَزۡرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلزَّـٰرِعُونَ ٦٤
Is it ye who foster it, or are We the Fosterer.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Is it you who make it grow, or are We the grower?
Insight
Elmalılı relates from al-Qurtubi: it is recommended that one who sows recite this verse and say: “It is Allah who makes the crop grow and ripen.”
Reflect
Attribute the fruit of your labour to Allah today.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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