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Sura 56
Aya 72
72
أَأَنتُم أَنشَأتُم شَجَرَتَها أَم نَحنُ المُنشِئونَ

Muhammad Asad

Is it you who have brought into being the tree that serves as its fuel1 - or are We the cause of its coming into being?
  • Lit., "its tree": a metonym pointing to the plant-origin, direct or indirect, of almost all the known fuels, including mineral fuels like coal, which is but petrified wood, or petroleum, which is a liquefied residue of plant-nourished organisms buried in the earth for millions of years.