As-Saffat 37:65
Those who set the Ranks · Meccan · Juz 23 · Page 448
Like Devils’ Heads
طَلۡعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ ٦٥
Its crop is as it were the heads of devils.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Its emerging fruit is as if it were the heads of devils.
Insight
Elmalılı gives three meanings: an imagined comparison conveying extreme ugliness, an ugly kind of snake, or an ugly plant.
Reflect
Guard your heart from ugly things today.
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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