Maarif-ul-Quran (En) - Maryam : 26
فَكُلِیْ وَ اشْرَبِیْ وَ قَرِّیْ عَیْنًا١ۚ فَاِمَّا تَرَیِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ اَحَدًا١ۙ فَقُوْلِیْۤ اِنِّیْ نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ اُكَلِّمَ الْیَوْمَ اِنْسِیًّاۚ
So eat, drink and cool your eyes. Then if you see any human being, say (to him), "I have vowed a fast (of silence) for The Rabmn (All-Merciful), and therefore, I shall never speak to any human today."
But in the matter of their actual use the order was reversed i.e. eating was enjoined first and then drinking. It is perhaps because normally a person first makes arrangement for drinking water and then for food, specially such food as is more likely to produce thirst. But when it comes to their use the sequence gets reversed i.e. one eats first and then drinks water. (Ruh ul-Ma ani).
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