Al-Ghashiyah 88:16
The Overwhelming · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 592
Spread Carpets
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ ١٦
And silken carpets spread.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
And carpets spread out.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “zarabiyy” as fine, splendid furnishings, and notes the word is also used for grasses mixing yellow, red and green.
Reflect
Make a corner of your home beautiful and use it for worship.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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