2576 Sabil means not only a road, but would include water-roads or channels, and in modern conditions airways-in fact all means of communication (Cf.
43:10). 2577 This seems to be outside the speech of Moses, and connects itself with the following verses 54-56, as part of the Word of Allah, expanding the speech of Moses and explaining the working of Allah's Providence in nature. 2578 Azwaj: we might translate here (as in
15:88) by "classes" instead of "pairs"; but as sex in plants seems to be referred to elsewhere