Quran Universe
36:72

وَذَلَّلۡنَٰهَا لَهُمۡ فَمِنۡهَا رَكُوبُهُمۡ وَمِنۡهَا يَأۡكُلُونَ

Wathallalnaha lahum faminha rakoobuhum waminha yakuloona

And We have tamed them for them, so some of them they ride, and some of them they eat.

Word by word
  1. وَذَلَّلۡنَٰهَاAnd We have tamed them
  2. لَهُمۡfor them
  3. فَمِنۡهَاso some of them
  4. رَكُوبُهُمۡthey ride them
  5. وَمِنۡهَاand some of them
  6. يَأۡكُلُونَthey eat
Ya-Sin · 36:72Makkah

A child can lead a camel because He tamed it.

Strong things made gentle for you

What taming gives
tamed by Allahthey do not resist
so
some they ridejourneys and burdens
some they eatfood when needed
Why it obeys
my skillI control it
His subduingHe made it submit to me

Ibn Kathir notes that a large camel submits so easily that even a young child can make it kneel and lead it, even a whole train of a hundred camels. That ease is a blessing from Allah, not human strength.

You get into a two-tonne car and it goes where you steer. Electricity, water from a tap, a plane in the sky. Huge forces, made gentle enough for you. You only notice when they stop working.

I am in control of the things I use.

Allah made these strong things easy for me, and that ease is a gift.

Try this

Next time you start the car or turn on a tap, say subhanalladhi sakhkhara lana hadha.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 36:71)

Do they not see that We have created for them of what Our Hands have fashioned, the cattle, so that they are their owners (71)And We have subdued them unto them so that some of them they have for riding and some they eat (72)And they have (other) benefits from them, and (they get to) drink. Will they not then be grateful (73)

There is a Sign and a Blessing in Cattle

Allah mentions the blessing that He has bestowed upon His creation by subjugating these cattle for their use.

فَهُمْ لَهَا مَالِكُونَ

(so that they are their owners.) Qatadah said, "They are their masters." Meaning, He has made them subdue them. So they are submissive towards them and do not resist them; even if a young child comes to a camel he can make it kneel down, and if he wants to, he can make it stand up and can drive it, and it will meekly be led by him. Even if the train consists of a hundred or more camels, they could all be led by a young child.

فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ

(some of them they have for riding and some they eat.) means, some of them they ride on their journeys, and use them to carry their burdens to all regions.

وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ

(and some they eat.) means, if they want to, and they slaughter and sacrifice them.

وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مَنَافِعُ

(And they have (other) benefits from them,) means, from their wool, fur, and hair, furnishings and articles of convenience, comfort for a time.

وَمَشَارِبُ ۖ

(and (they get to) drink.) means, their milk, and their urine for those who need it as medicine, and so on.

أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ

(Will they not then be grateful?) means, 'will they not worship the Creator and Subduer of that, without showing gratitude to others?'