Ar-Rahman 55:11
The Beneficent · Medinan · Juz 27 · Page 531
Fruit and Palms
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةࣱ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ ١١
Wherein are fruit and sheathed palm-trees.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
In it are fruit and palm trees with sheathed clusters.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “akmam” as the husk covering the blossom, the sheath: the date grows inside protective coverings.
Reflect
As you eat a fruit today, think how it grew under protection.
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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