Overall meaning : The Almighty affirms that He alone causes the grain and fruit stone to split and germinate, thereby bringing forth various types of grains, plants and trees. He brings forth the living from the dead (such as human beings and animals from semen) and the dead from the living (such as semen from human beings and animals). It is He Alone who does all that. How then can you turn away from these signs attesting to Allah’s omnipotence and amazing creation and worship others besides Him?!
It is Allah who cleaves the daybreak from the darkness of the night. He has ordained the night for rest for all diurnal creatures, and made the sun and the moon run their appointed, precisely calculated courses. All this is determined by Allah the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
It is He who has created the stars, so that people may be guided by them in the darkness of land and sea. He has made the signs attesting to His omnipotence clear for those endowed with knowledge.
It is He who created all human beings from Adam, peace be upon him, whom He created from dust, then human beings are created from semen which He has placed in their fathers’ loins, then He causes it to move to and settle in their mothers’ wombs. He has made His signs clear for people who make proper use of their intellect and understand—and thus benefit—from them.
And it is He, Exalted be He, who sends down rain from the heavens, with which He brings forth vegetation of all kinds. From this He brings forth the green shoots and from them He brings forth close-growing grain and fruit (such as ears of cereal plants); and out of the spathe of the palm tree, He brings forth dates in thick clusters hanging low and near. He also produces vineyards, olive groves and pomegranates—of similar foliage yet with fruits of different shape and taste. Allah then urges His servants to look at the fruits of all these plants as they begin to grow and then ripen, to contemplate His wonderful creation, declaring that in all this there are signs of His omnipotence and oneness for those who believe, and thus He alone is deserving of worship.