In Surah al-Waqi’ah (56:63-64), Allah, Al-Khaliq (The Creator), and in the following ayats, speaks about “three arguments each of which bear testimony to Divine Omnipotence in human life: creation of seeds, water, and fire as the three pillars of human life. [The] seeds of crops constitute the most important elements of nutrition; water is the most important drink; fire is the most important means for the preparation of food and carrying out other life issues. Al-Khaliq is asking if you ever thought about what you sow in the ground? And “Do you make it grow or does He make it grow?” The word “tahruthun (‘you sow seeds’) derives from the root h-r-th (‘sow seeds and preparing them for growth’), but the verbal form tazra‘un (‘you cultivate’) is from the root z-r-a‘ (‘to cultivate, to farm’). It is evident that man only sows but God Almighty is He Who makes the seeds grow” – The One[s] Who Grows (Al-Zari’una). A hadith from Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, tells us: “Do not say that you cultivated, but say that you sowed, since Allah Almighty is the True Cultivator.” “Man’s role in the process of agriculture is like that of his in the process of procreation, namely he solely throws seeds or ejaculates semen and it is God Almighty Who causes the growth of a microscopic cell in favorable conditions. The seed uses the nutritive elements available in it, sprouts, and develops roots; then it uses the nutritive elements in the soil with an astounding speed. The enormous laboratory of the plant functions and makes the stems, leaves, and clusters and at times one single seed engenders hundreds or even thousands of seeds. Scientists maintain that such [a] laboratory is far more sophisticated and perplexing than those used in a highly developed industrial city with its numerous factories. Now, God Almighty Who created such [a] system through His Omnipotence is also All-Able to raise the dead,” as mentioned in the previous ayat in this surah. (See An Enlightening Commentary into the Light of the Holy Qur’an, Vol. 17, compiled by a group of Muslim scholars, under the direction of Ayatullah Allamah Al-Hajj Sayyid Kamal Faqih Imani, Accessed from https://www.al-islam.org/enlightening-commentary-light-holy-quran-vol-17/surah-al-waqia-verses-41-96#surah-al-waqia-verses-63-67

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