poured down water in abundance,﴿ meaning from the clouds. ﴾Then We split the earth open,﴿ meaning that after rain falls upon it, it splits open as plants emerge. ﴾Then We caused grain to grow in it﴿—that is, in the earth—such as wheat, rice, maize, barley, and many other grains; ﴾and grapes,﴿ whose meaning is well known; ﴾and herbage,﴿ which is said to be the familiar alfalfa; ﴾and olives,﴿ whose meaning is well known; ﴾and date palms,﴿ whose meaning is well known; ﴾and densely planted gardens.﴿ “Gardens” is the plural of “garden,” and “densely planted” means having many trees. ﴾And fruit,﴿ meaning the various fruits that people enjoy, ﴾and pasture,﴿ which is a plant well known to the Arabs upon which camels graze, ﴾as provision for you and your livestock.﴿ That is, We did all this for your benefit: it sustains you, and you also enjoy these blessings as fruit.

Having reminded man of his condition from the time He created him from a drop and throughout his life in this world, Allah, Glorified and Exalted, then mentions his condition in the Hereafter:

﴾Then, when the Deafening Blast comes—
on the Day a man will flee from his brother,
his mother and his father,
his wife and his children—
each of them will have enough concern of his own that Day.
Some faces that Day will be radiant,
laughing and rejoicing,
while other faces that Day will be covered with dust,
overcast with gloom.
Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.﴿

﴾Then, when the Deafening Blast comes,﴿ meaning the tremendous cry that deafens the ears. This is the Day of Resurrection. ﴾On the Day a man will flee from his brother﴿—whether his full brother, his paternal half-brother, or his maternal half-brother—﴾his mother and his father,﴿ meaning his immediate mother and father; this also includes his grandfathers and grandmothers. He will flee from them all. ﴾His wife﴿ means his spouse, and ﴾his children﴿ are the people closest and dearest to him. Yet he will flee from them all. Those possessed of