Ayetآية

Ar-Rahman 55:64

The Beneficent · Medinan · Juz 27 · Page 533

Deep Green

مُدۡهَآمَّتَانِ ۝٦٤

Dark green with foliage.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall

Meaning

Dark green.

Insight

Elmalılı explains “mudhammah” as the colour of the night’s darkness, also used for a deep green. The gardens are this green and alive.

Reflect

Look at something green today and rest.

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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