Surah Al-Waqi'ah 56:68
سُورَةُ الوَاقِعَةِ · Meccan · Verse 68 of 96
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ
Translation
Consider the water you drink-
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'Have you considered the water you drink?' Ibn Ashur and al-Saadi note the argument moves to the most basic necessity of all, the water without which nothing lives, the thing I consume daily without a thought. Ask yourself: water is the perfect example of a mercy so constant that it has become invisible to me, I turn a tap, and it is simply there. The verse deliberately picks the most taken-for-granted gift to make its point. When did I last drink a glass of water and register it as anything but automatic? This verse is about to trace even this, the plainest, most ordinary sustenance, back to its Source, and to show how easily it could be otherwise. The most overlooked gifts are often the ones my very life depends on.
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Saadi, al-Biqa'i.
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