Surah Yaseen 36:80 — Meaning, Translation & Reflection
سُورَةُ يسٓ · Meccan · Verse 80 of 83
ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلْأَخْضَرِ نَارًۭا فَإِذَآ أَنتُم مِّنْهُ تُوقِدُونَ
English: It is He who produces fire for you out of the green tree- lo and behold!- and from this you kindle fire.
Bengali: যিনি তোমাদের জন্যে সবুজ বৃক্ষ থেকে আগুন উৎপন্ন করেন। তখন তোমরা তা থেকে আগুন জ্বালাও।
Meaning & Reflection
'He who produced for you fire from the green tree — and at once you kindle from it.' Ibn Ashur and al-Biqa'i marvel at the reconciled opposites: fire drawn out of a green, moisture-laden tree — flame from the very thing that should quench it. The One who unites such opposites — life inside what looks lifeless, fire inside water-filled wood — can effortlessly bring living from dead. Ask yourself: I assume opposites cancel — that where there's 'water' there can be no 'fire', that a situation soaked in death cannot hold life. This verse points to the green branch that yields a flame as proof that my Lord routinely joins what I think cannot coexist. What in my life have I written off as too 'green', too dead-seeming, to ever spark — forgetting Whose signature is fire from a wet tree?
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Biqa'i, al-Saadi.
Reflect with the Five Lenses
Maani's framework for Tadabbur (heart-centred reflection) on Surah Yaseen 36:80:
- Wording. Look closely at the specific words and structure. Which word stands out, and why might Allah have chosen it here?
- Quranic Worlds. Place the verse in its context — what is happening around it, and what world does it open up?
- Personal Experience. Ask not just what this means, but what it means TO me and FOR me, right now in my life.
- Connections. How does this verse connect to other verses, to the Sunnah, or to themes across the Quran?
- General Lessons. What timeless lesson or action point can I carry away and live by?