Overall meaning : Just consider the seeds for which you plough the earth and then sow in the ground. Do you yourselves make the crop grow from them or do We? If We pleased, We could render that crop dry and fruitless, and you would then be left to wonder at its destruction and to lament, saying, ‘We are indeed ruined. In fact, we are now deprived of our livelihoods!’
Consider the fresh water which you drink: Do you yourselves bring it down as rain from the clouds, or do We? If We pleased, We could make it bitterly salty. Will you not, then, give thanks?!
Consider the fire which you light: Do you yourselves produce the trees that serve as its fuel, or do We do so by Our power? We have made the fire to serve as a reminder to people of the Fire of Hell and an advantage for the traveller. Glorify, then, Muhammad, the name of your Lord, the All-Mighty, and declare Him free from all defects and imperfections.