Quran Universe
29:63

وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّن نَّزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَحۡيَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَوۡتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُۚ قُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡقِلُونَ

Walain saaltahum man nazzala mina alssamai maan faahya bihi alarda min baAAdi mawtiha layaqoolunna Allahu quli alhamdu lillahi bal aktharuhum la yaAAqiloona

And if you asked them, "Who sends down rain from the sky and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness?" they would surely say " Allah." Say, "Praise to Allah "; but most of them do not reason.

Word by word
  1. وَلَئِنAnd if
  2. سَأَلۡتَهُمyou ask them
  3. مَّنWho
  4. نَّزَّلَsends down
  5. مِنَfrom
  6. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe sky
  7. مَآءٗwater
  8. فَأَحۡيَاand gives life
  9. بِهِthereby
  10. ٱلۡأَرۡضَ(to) the earth
  11. مِنۢafter
  12. بَعۡدِafter
  13. مَوۡتِهَاits death
  14. لَيَقُولُنَّSurely,they would say
  15. ٱللَّهُۚAllah
  16. قُلِSay
  17. ٱلۡحَمۡدُAll Praises
  18. لِلَّهِۚ(are) for Allah
  19. بَلۡBut
  20. أَكۡثَرُهُمۡmost of them
  21. لَا(do) not
  22. يَعۡقِلُونَuse reason
Al-'Ankabut · 29:63Makkah

Rain brings dead earth back. Who sends it?

Praise the One they already named

The rain
dead earthdry, cracked
rain from
Allahthey said it themselves
brings
lifegreen again
The right response
say it, ignore itno sense
praise Allahand worship Him alone

Asked who sends rain and revives the earth, the idolaters again answered Allah. The Prophet ﷺ is told to respond: praise be to Allah. Ibn Kathir explains that since dominion is His alone, worship should be His alone. Most of them did not reason it through.

A storm breaks after a heatwave and everyone on your street steps outside. The air smells of wet soil. The weather app called it a front moving in. It is also a sign that the One who revives dead earth can revive a dead heart.

Rain is just weather.

Rain is a reminder of Who brings life back, to land and to me.

Try this

Next time it rains, step out for a moment and say, Alhamdulillah.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 29:61)

And if you were to ask them: "Who has created the heavens and the earth and subjected the sun and the moon?" They will surely reply: "Allah." How then are they deviating (61)Allah expands the provision for whom He wills of His servants, and straitens it for whom (He wills). Verily, Allah is the All-Knower of everything (62)And if you were to ask them: "Who sends down water from the sky, and gives life therewith to the earth after its death?" They will surely reply: "Allah." Say: "All the praises and thanks be to Allah!" Nay, most of them have no sense (63)

Evidences of Tawhid

Allah states that there is no God but He. The idolators who worshipped others besides Him recognized that He was the sole creator of the heavens and earth, the sun and the moon, alternating the night and day. They acknowledged that He was the Creator Who provided for His servants and decreed how long they should live. He made them and their provision different, so that some were rich and some were poor, and He knew best what was suitable for each of them, who deserved to be rich and who deserved to be poor. So, Allah stated that He has alone created everything, and that He alone is controlling them – if this is how it is, then why worship anyone else? Why put one's trust in anyone else? Since dominion is His Alone, then let worship be for Him Alone. Allah often establishes His divinity by referring to their acknowledgement of His Unique Lordship, because the idolators used to acknowledge His Lordship, as they said in their Talbiyah (during Hajj and 'Umrah: "At Your service, You have no partner, except the partner that You have, and You possess him and whatever he has."