50 Preface فَانظُر إِلىٰ آثارِ رَحمَتِ اللَّهِ كَيفَ يُحيِي الأَرضَ بَعدَ مَوتِها ۚ إِنَّ ذٰلِكَ لَمُحيِي المَوتىٰ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلىٰ كُلِّ شَيءٍ قَديرٌYusuf AliThen contemplate (O man!) the memorials of God’s Mercy!- how He gives life1 to the earth after its death: verily the same will give life to the men who are dead: for He has power over all things.After the two Parables about the purifying action of the Winds and their fertilising action, we now have the Parable of the earth that dies in winter or drought and lives again in spring or rain, by God’s Grace: so in the spiritual sphere, man may be dead and may live again by the Breath of God and His Mercy if he will only place himself in God’s hands.