Who gave you fire from a green tree, with which you ignite the flame."
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (who hath appointed for you fire) other than the fire of punishment (from the green tree, and behold! ye) o people of mecca (kindle from it) you derive from the green tree fire.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : he who has made for you, and for all human beings, fire from the green tree, namely, [from] the markh and ‘afār [variety], or [from] all trees, except for the jujube (‘unnāb), and, behold, from it you kindle’, [from it] you strike fire: this is proof of the power [of god] to resurrect, for in this [example of the green tree] he has combined [the elements of] water, fire and wood; but neither the water extinguishes the fire, nor does the fire ignite the wood.
