Tafheem ul Quran

Surah 25 Al-Furqan, Ayat 48-49

وَهُوَ الَّذِىۡۤ اَرۡسَلَ الرِّيٰحَ بُشۡرًۢا بَيۡنَ يَدَىۡ رَحۡمَتِهٖ​ۚ وَاَنۡزَلۡنَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً طَهُوۡرًا ۙ‏ ﴿25:48﴾ لِّـنُحْیِۦَ بِهٖ بَلۡدَةً مَّيۡتًا وَّنُسۡقِيَهٗ مِمَّا خَلَقۡنَاۤ اَنۡعَامًا وَّاَنَاسِىَّ كَثِيۡرًا‏ ﴿25:49﴾

(25:48) And He it is Who sends forth the winds as glad tidings, heralding His Mercy. Then We send down pure water62 from the sky (25:49) that We may revive through it a dead land and give it for drink to many cattle and human beings from among Our creation.63

Notes

62. That is, such water as is pure and free from all sorts of impurities, germs and poison, which cleanses and washes away filth and becomes a source of life for men, beasts as well as all kinds of plant life.

63. This verse also gives proofs of the doctrine of Tauhid and the Hereafter. Besides, it contains a subtle suggestion that the period of the drought of ignorance has been replaced through Allah’s mercy by the blessed rain of Prophethood, which is showering the life giving knowledge of revelation from which many servants of Allah will certainly benefit, if not all.