وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ أَحْيَيْنَٰهَا وَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهَا حَبًّا فَمِنْهُ يَأْكُلُونَ
And a sign for them is the dead earth. We have brought it to life and brought forth from it grain, and from it they eat.
Ya-Sin 36:33
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Revelation context of the surah
Surah-wideYa-Sin is Meccan, dated to the middle Meccan period. It treats the truth of the prophetic mission and the resurrection of the dead; according to a well-known report, its closing verses answered a denier who crumbled a decayed bone and asked, 'Who will bring this back to life?'
Klasik tefsir mukaddimeleri; esbâb-ı nüzul rivayetleri