Quran Universe
16:10

هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗۖ لَّكُم مِّنۡهُ شَرَابٞ وَمِنۡهُ شَجَرٞ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ

Huwa allathee anzala mina alssamai maan lakum minhu sharabun waminhu shajarun feehi tuseemoona

It is He who sends down rain from the sky; from it is drink and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals].

Word by word
  1. هُوَHe
  2. ٱلَّذِيٓ(is) the One Who
  3. أَنزَلَsends down
  4. مِنَfrom
  5. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe sky
  6. مَآءٗۖwater
  7. لَّكُمfor you
  8. مِّنۡهُof it
  9. شَرَابٞ(is) drink
  10. وَمِنۡهُand from it
  11. شَجَرٞ(grows) vegetation
  12. فِيهِin which
  13. تُسِيمُونَyou pasture your cattle
An-Nahl · 16:10Makkah

Water falls from the sky, sweet enough to drink.

Rain as drink for you and pasture for your herd

One rainfall
rainsent down from the sky
becomes
drinkfresh, not salty
pastureplants for the cattle
Who sends it
just weatherclouds doing their thing
He sends it downmade fresh to drink

After the gift of livestock comes the gift of rain. Ibn Kathir points out that Allah made it fresh and pure to drink, not salty, and from it grow the plants the cattle graze on. In dry Arabia, every listener knew what rain meant.

You turn the tap and fill a glass without thinking. It feels like it comes from the pipes. Every drop started as rain that fell already drinkable, on a schedule you did not set.

Water comes from the tap.

Every glass began as rain He sent down sweet enough to drink.

Try this

Drink your next glass of water sitting down, slowly, and say bismillah first.

Related27:60
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

He it is Who sends water down from the sky; from it you drink and from it (grows) the vegetation on which you send your cattle to pasture (10)With it He causes crops to grow for you, the olives, the date palms, the grapes, and every kind of fruit. Verily, in this there is indeed an evident proof and a manifest sign for people who give thought (11)

The Blessings of Rain, and explaining how it is one of the Signs

When Allah mentions the blessings of cattle and other animals that He has granted mankind, He then mentions how He has blessed them by sending rain down from the sky above, which has been fulfilling the needs and bringing joy to people and their cattle. Allah says:

لَّكُم مِّنْهُ شَرَابٌ

(from it you drink) meaning, He made it fresh and pure so that they can drink it, not salty and undrinkable.

وَمِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ

(and from it (grows) the vegetation on which you send your cattle to pasture.) meaning, from it He raised plants on which your cattle graze. Ibn 'Abbas, 'Ikrimah, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah and Ibn Zayd, all said that this refers to grazing animals including camels.

يُنبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ الزَّرْعَ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالنَّخِيلَ وَالْأَعْنَابَ وَمِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ

(With it He causes crops to grow for you, olives, date palms, grapes, and every kind of fruit.) meaning, with this one kind of water, He makes the earth sprout plants with different tastes, colors, scents and shapes. For this reason He says,

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

(Verily, in this there is indeed an evident proof and a manifest sign for people who give thought.) meaning, this is a sign and a proof that there is no god besides Allah, as He says:

أَمَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَنبَتْنَا بِهِ حَدَائِقَ ذَاتَ بَهْجَةٍ مَّا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَن تُنبِتُوا شَجَرَهَا ۗ أَإِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ اللَّهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ يَعْدِلُونَ

(Is not He (better than your gods) Who created the heavens and the earth, and sends water down for you from the sky, from which We cause wonderful gardens full of beauty and delight to grow? You are not able to cause the growth of their trees. Is there any ilah (god) with Allah? Nay, but they are a people who make equals (to Him)!)(27:60).