The Revival of the Earth as a Metaphor for Al-Ba'ath (Resurrection)

Fatir — Verses 9–9 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

وَاللَّهُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ الرِّيَاحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابًا فَسُقْنَاهُ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ فَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ النُّشُورُ ٩

And it is Allah Who sends the winds, so that they raise up the clouds, and We drive them to a dead land, and revive therewith the earth after its death. As such (will be) the Resurrection!

وَاللَّهُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ الرِّيَاحَ
And it is Allah Who sends the winds,
فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابًا
so that they raise up the clouds,
فَسُقْنَاهُ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ
and We drive them to a dead land,
فَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ
and revive therewith the earth after its death.
كَذَٰلِكَ النُّشُورُ
As such (will be) the Resurrection!