53الَّذي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَرضَ مَهدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُم فيها سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً فَأَخرَجنا بِهِ أَزواجًا مِن نَباتٍ شَتّىٰMuhammad AsadHE IT IS who has made the earth a cradle for you, and has traced out for you ways [of livelihood] thereon,1 and [who] sends down waters from the sky: and by this means We bring forth various kinds2 of plants.I.e., "has provided you with ways and means - both material and intellectual - to gain your livelihood on earth and from it".Lit., "pairs" (azwaj), a term which in this context apparently denotes "kinds"; but see also 13:3 and the corresponding note 7.