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سُورَةُ يسٓ · 36:34
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وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا جَنَّٰتٍۢ مِّن نَّخِيلٍۢ وَأَعْنَٰبٍۢ وَفَجَّرْنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْعُيُونِ

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And We placed therein gardens of palm trees and grapevines and caused to burst forth therefrom some springs -

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Introduction

This is āyah 34 of Sūrat Yaseen (Ya Sin), the 41st sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 23. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
41 of 114
Surah
Yaseen (36)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

And a sign for them is the dead land. We give it life, and We bring forth from it grains, so that they eat thereof (33)And We have made therein gardens of date palms and grapes, and We have caused springs of water to gush forth therein (34)So that they may eat of the fruit thereof – and their hands made it not. Will they not then give thanks (35)Glory be to Him Who has created all the pairs of that which the earth produces, as well as of their own kind, and of that which they know not (36) Proof of the Creator of the Universe and of Life after Death Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, says: وَآيَةٌ لَهُمُ (And a sign for them) means, evidence for them of the existence of the Creator and His perfect power and ability to resurrect the dead, الْأَرْضُ الْمَيْتَةُ (is the dead land.) means, when it is dead and arid, with no vegetation, then Allah sends water upon it, it is stirred …
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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