الآية رقم (95) - إِنَّ اللّهَ فَالِقُ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَمُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتِ مِنَ الْحَيِّ ذَلِكُمُ اللّهُ فَأَنَّى تُؤْفَكُونَ

(95) - ( Indeed, Allah is the cleaver of grain and date seeds. He brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living. That is Allah; so how are you deluded?)

( إِنَّ اللَّهَ ) (Indeed, Allah ): When you hear the word (Allah), know that He is the One whose existence is necessary. This name gathers all the Attributes of Majesty and the Attributes of Beauty. Allah (swt) has (The 99 Magnificent Names of Allah), and these names are expressions of His Attributes.

(فَالِقُ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَىٰ ۖ ) (…the cleaver of grain and date seeds.): Allah (swt) is the One who splits open the grains and the kernels. The word (grain) refers to the grains which do not have seeds, such as barley, wheat and rice. Whereas the word (seeds) refers to those which have seeds, such as unripe dates, apricots, peaches and plums.

So, the life cycle starts from the splitting of the grain or kernel, such that small soft roots descend into the ground; this ground which would need an axe to split it open. Then, a stem will shoot out above the ground.

(يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ ) (…He brings the living out of the dead): Allah (swt) brings forth the living from the dead with the word: (Be). However, He will make this happen from the earth, as He says:

 مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَى

(From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will bring you back again.) (Taha: 55)

(وَمُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتِ مِنَ الْحَيِّ ) (…and is the Bringer of the dead out of the living): Allah (swt) says in this part of the verse: Bringer (noun, form) and not Brings (verb in present tense). There is a difference between these two words, and since there is a difference, there surely is a reason or secret here that is unknown to those who interpret the Holy Quran without knowledge. Allah (swt) says: (He brings forth the living from the dead and alone is the Bringer of the dead from the living.)

When He (swt) wants to portray the bringing forth of the living from the dead, He uses the word in the form of the present tense verb, but when He wants to portray the bringing forth of the dead from the living, He (swt) uses the noun form of the word. This is because, firstly, the word (Bringer) corresponds to cleaver, as both are (The Doer Noun). Secondly, we can see with our own eyes how the energetic and determined human being who is full of movement and life will die after a certain period lapses and will change to a lump of earth. So, since the bringing forth of the dead from the living is something observed and established, the noun is used. On the contrary, since the bringing forth of the living from the dead cannot be observed, the present tense verb is used, as the verb form of a word points to something which is omitted.

(ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ ۖ ) (…That is Allah): When you see the greatness of the creation of Allah (swt), such as the sun, moon, night, day and the clouds meekly humbled in the skies, and you see the miracles in creation and the signs of Allah (swt) which indicate His existence, you will reach certainty about Him (swt) is He.

(  فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ ) (…so how are you deluded?): The Arabic article (so how) is a question which denotes wonderment, i.e., how can you fabricate lies, raise doubts and do all of what you have been doing, while you witness for yourself the impact of the greatness of Allah (swt) through His creation and everything He has made to exist in this universe? No doubt, when this verse was revealed in the past, it did not collide with the human mind. However, when it was recited in the past, the field of Botany did not yet exist. As for today, as the human mind continues its advancement and the field of Botany has been established, it is known that the splitting that Allah (swt) speaks of in this verse is the reason for life. This is because, the stalk and the small roots, which are like raised threads, crack up the earth and come out of it. All of this was not known in the past.