Quran Universe
30:46

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَن يُرۡسِلَ ٱلرِّيَاحَ مُبَشِّرَٰتٖ وَلِيُذِيقَكُم مِّن رَّحۡمَتِهِۦ وَلِتَجۡرِيَ ٱلۡفُلۡكُ بِأَمۡرِهِۦ وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ

Wamin ayatihi an yursila alrriyaha mubashshiratin waliyutheeqakum min rahmatihi walitajriya alfulku biamrihi walitabtaghoo min fadlihi walaAAallakum tashkuroona

And of His signs is that He sends the winds as bringers of good tidings and to let you taste His mercy and so the ships may sail at His command and so you may seek of His bounty, and perhaps you will be grateful.

Word by word
  1. وَمِنۡAnd among
  2. ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓHis Signs
  3. أَن(is) that
  4. يُرۡسِلَHe sends
  5. ٱلرِّيَاحَthe winds
  6. مُبَشِّرَٰتٖ(as) bearers of glad tidings
  7. وَلِيُذِيقَكُمand to let you taste
  8. مِّنof
  9. رَّحۡمَتِهِۦHis Mercy
  10. وَلِتَجۡرِيَand that may sail
  11. ٱلۡفُلۡكُthe ships
  12. بِأَمۡرِهِۦat His Command
  13. وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْand that you may seek
  14. مِنof
  15. فَضۡلِهِۦHis Bounty
  16. وَلَعَلَّكُمۡand that you may
  17. تَشۡكُرُونَbe grateful
Ar-Rum · 30:46Makkah

The wind arrives with good news.

Winds that carry rain, ships, and livelihoods

What the wind brings
the windssent by Him
bring
raina taste of mercy
shipssailing by His command
tradeseeking His bounty
The point of it
just weatherair moving
so you may thankfavors seen and hidden

Ibn Kathir describes the winds as heralds of mercy, followed by rain that revives people and land. They drive ships across the sea, carrying trade and travel between lands. All this so that you may thank Allah for countless favors, seen and hidden.

The cool breeze when you open the window on a hot night. The cargo ship that brought your phone, your coffee, your shoes across oceans. All of it rides on winds and currents He sends. The verse ends with one hope: perhaps you will be grateful.

The wind is just the wind.

Every breeze and every delivery carries something of Allah's mercy.

Try this

Next time you feel a breeze, pause and say Alhamdulillah.

Related6:54
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

And among His signs is this that He sends the winds as glad tidings, giving you a taste of His mercy, and that the ships may sail at His command, and that you may seek of His bounty, in order that you may be thankful (46)And indeed We did send Messengers before you to their own peoples. They came to them with clear proofs, then, We took vengeance on those who committed crimes; and it was incumbent upon Us to help the believers (47)

Among the Signs of Allah are the Winds

Here Allah mentions the favor He does for His creatures by sending winds to them, as harbingers of His mercy, meaning that they will be followed by rain. Allah says:

وَلِيُذِيقَكُمْ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ 

(giving you a taste of His mercy,) that is, the rain which will come down and revive people and the land.

وَلِتَجْرِيَ الْفُلْكُ بِأَمْرِهِ 

(and that the ships may sail at His command,) means, on the sea, for they are driven by the wind.

وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِهِ

(and that you may seek of His bounty,) means, by trading, earning a living and traveling from one country to another, one region to another.

وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

(in order that you may be thankful.) means, that you may give thanks to Allah for the innumerable favors He has done for you, both visible and hidden. Then Allah says:

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ رُسُلًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِمْ فَجَاءُوهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنَ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا ۖ 

(And indeed We did send Messengers before you to their own peoples. They came to them with clear proofs, then, We took vengeance on those who committed crimes;) These are words of consolation from Allah to His servant and Messenger Muhammad ﷺ. They tell him that if many of his people and of mankind disbelieve in him, the previous Messengers were also rejected, despite the clear signs that they brought, but Allah punished those who rejected and opposed them, and saved those who believed in them.

وَكَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نَصْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

(and it was incumbent upon Us to help the believers.) This is a duty which Allah took upon Himself as a blessing and a favor to them. This is like the Ayah,

كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ ۖ 

(your Lord has prescribed mercy for Himself)(6:54). Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Abu Ad-Darda', may Allah be pleased with him, said: "I heard Allah's Messenger ﷺ saying:

مَا مِنِ امْرِىءٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَرُدُّ عَنْ عِرْضِ أَخِيهِ إِلَّا كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللهِ أَنْ يَرُدَّ عَنْهُ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

(No Muslim man defends the honor of his brother except that there would be a right upon Allah to defend him from the fire of Hell on the Day of Resurrection.) Then he recited this Ayah:

وَكَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نَصْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

(and it was incumbent upon Us to help the believers.)"