Quran Universe
40:79

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمَ لِتَرۡكَبُواْ مِنۡهَا وَمِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ

Allahu allathee jaAAala lakumu alanAAama litarkaboo minha waminha takuloona

It is Allah who made for you the grazing animals upon which you ride, and some of them you eat.

Word by word
  1. ٱللَّهُAllah
  2. ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Who
  3. جَعَلَmade
  4. لَكُمُfor you
  5. ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمَthe cattle
  6. لِتَرۡكَبُواْthat you may ride
  7. مِنۡهَاsome of them
  8. وَمِنۡهَاand some of them
  9. تَأۡكُلُونَyou eat
Ghafir · 40:79Makkah

Animals to ride and to eat, made for you.

Livestock as a daily sign of His care

The livestock
camelsride, milk, carry
cattlefood, milk, plowing
sheepfood, milk, wool
Where food comes from
the supermarket
Allah made them for you

Ibn Kathir lists the blessing: camels are ridden, milked and carry burdens to distant lands; cattle give milk and plow; sheep give food and milk; their hair and wool make tents and clothing. All made for people by Allah.

Your dinner came in plastic from a shelf. The milk in your tea, the wool in your jumper, the leather of your shoes. Every one of them traces back to animals Allah made for you.

Food and clothing are just things I buy.

The animals that feed and clothe me are a gift Allah made for me.

Try this

At your next meal, say bismillah slowly and think of where the food came from.

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

Allah, it is He Who has made cattle for you, that you may ride on some of them, and of some you eat (79)And you have (many other) benefits from them, and that you may reach by their means a desire that is in your breasts, and on them and on ships you are carried (80)And He shows you His Ayat. Which, then of the Ayat of Allah do you deny (81)

The Cattle are also a Blessing from Allah and a Sign from Him

Allah reminds His servants of His blessing in that He created the cattle [Al-An'am] for them, which refers to camels, cows and sheep; some of them they ride and some of them they eat. Camels may be ridden or eaten; their milk is drunk and they are used for carrying heavy burdens on journeys to distant lands. Cattle are eaten and their milk is drunk; they are also used for plowing the earth. Sheep are eaten and their milk is also drunk. The hair and wool of all of these animals is used to make tents, clothing and furnishings, as we have already discussed in Surat Al-An'am and Surat An-Nahl, etc. Allah says here:

اللَّهُ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَنْعَامَ لِتَرْكَبُوا مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ - وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَافِعُ وَلِتَبْلُغُوا عَلَيْهَا حَاجَةً فِي صُدُورِكُمْ وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى الْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَ

(Allah, it is He Who has made cattle for you, that you may ride on some of them, and of some you eat. And you have (many other) benefits from them, and that you may reach by their means a desire that is in your breasts, and on them and on ships you are carried.)

وَيُرِيكُمْ آيَاتِهِ

(And He shows you His Ayat.) means, 'His proof and evidence, on the horizons and in yourselves.'

فَأَيَّ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ تُنْكِرُونَ

(Which, then of the Ayat of Allah do you deny?) means, you cannot deny any of His signs and proofs, unless you are stubborn and arrogant.