Al-Hajj 22:63

<h2>Signs of the Power of Allah</h2><p>This is a further sign of His might and power; that he sends the winds to drive the clouds which deliver rain to the barren land where nothing grows, land which is dry, dusty and desiccated.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَآءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ</div><p>(but when We send down water on it, it is stirred (to life), and it swells) 22:5.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَتُصْبِحُ الاٌّرْضُ مُخْضَرَّةً</div><p>(and then the earth becomes green) This indicates the sequence of events and how everything follows on according to its nature. This is like the Ayah:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً</div><p>(Then We made the Nutfah into a clot , then We made the clot into a little lump of flesh) 23:14. It was recorded in the Two Sahihs that between each stage there are forty days. Allah's saying,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">فَتُصْبِحُ الاٌّرْضُ مُخْضَرَّةً</div><p>(and then the earth becomes green) means, it becomes green after being dry and lifeless. It was reported from some of the people of Al-Hijaz that the land turns green after rainfall. And Allah knows best.</p><div class="arabic uthmani">إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٌ</div><p>(Verily, Allah is the Most Kind and Courteous, Well-Acquainted with all things.) He knows what seeds are in the …

Seest thou not how Allah sendeth down water from the sky and then the earth becometh green upon the morrow? Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware.

Seest thou not that Allah sends down rain from the sky, and forthwith the earth becomes clothed with green? for Allah is He Who understands the finest mysteries, and is well-acquainted (with them).

See you not that Allah sends down water (rain) from the sky, and then the earth becomes green? Verily, Allah is the Most Kind and Courteous, Well-Acquainted with all things.

Do you not see that God sends down water from the sky, and the land becomes green? God is Kind and Aware.