وَٱللَّهُ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ دَارِ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ
And Allah invites to the Home of Peace and guides whom He wills to a straight path
Translation · Saheeh International
Tafsir
Ibn Kathīr (abridged)
The Parable of this Life
Allah the Almighty has set an example of the similitude of the life of this world, its glitter and the swiftness of its passage, likening it to the plant and vegetation that Allah brings out from the earth. This plant grows from the water that comes down from the sky. These plants are food for people, such as fruits and other different types and kinds of foods. Some other kinds are food for cattle such as clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle) and herbage etc.
حَتَّى إِذَآ أَخَذَتِ الاٌّرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا
(until when the earth is clad in its adornments ,)
وَازَّيَّنَتْ
(and is beautified ) meaning, it became good by what grows on its hills such as blooming flowers of different shapes and colors.
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