An-Nazi'at Verse 31

bringing forth its water and pastures

brought forth from it its water and its pasture,

therefrom brought forth its waters and its pastures,

bringing waters and pastures out of it,

And he brought forth therefrom its water, and its pasture.

He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

and brought out of it its water and its pasture,

He brought out its water and its pastures from it,

And from it produced its water and its pasture.

brought forth from it its water and pastures,

Out of it He has brought forth its waters and its herbage;

He produced from it its water and pasture.

He brought out from it its water and its pasture.

And from it produced its water and its pasture.

He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.

And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture;

And the mountains, He made them firm,

He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.

And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,

produced water and grass therefrom,

and then brought from it its water and pastures.

And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

after that bringing forth from it its water and its pasture land,

And from it, He produced its water and its pasture.

from it He has brought forth (akhraja; a circumstantial qualifier with a suppressed [preceding] qad, that is to say, mukhrijan, `bringing forth [from it]') its waters, by making its springs gush forth, and its pastures, what cattle graze, of trees and herbage, and what humans consume of foods and fruits (the use of mar` to express this [of the earth] is figurative),

And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture.

It already has been mentioned previously in Surah Ha Mim As-Sajdah that the earth was created before the heaven was created, but it was only spread out after the creation of the heaven. This means that He brought out what was in it with a forceful action.

This is the meaning of what was said by Ibn `Abbas and others, and it was the explanation preferred by Ibn Jarir.

In reference to the statement of Allah,

وَالْجِبَالَ أَرْسَاهَا