Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (Therein is fruit and date palms with sheaths)
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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (Therein is fruit and date palms with sheaths)
Allah the Exalted said: [Ar-Rahman: 11-13] Allah placed the earth for the creatures,Meaning: He sent it down relative to the heavens, and the creatures are the creation, so therein are humans, therein are jinn, and therein are angels who descend by the command of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) from the sky, even though the abode of the angels is in the sky, but they descend to the earth, such as the two angels who sit on the right and on the left, and the angels who guard by the command of Allah, the following ones, and the angels who descend on the Night of Decree, and others.
(Therein is fruit) meaning: in the earth there is fruit,Meaning: fruits by which people refresh themselves, and the types of fruit are many, such as grapes, pomegranates, apples, oranges, and others.
(And date palms with sheaths) The date palm was specified because its fruit is the best of fruits, so it is sweet, food, and fruit, and its tree is among the most blessed and most beneficial of trees, to the extent that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) compared the believer to the date palm,So he said: (Indeed, among the trees there is a tree whose likeness is that of the believer) So the Companions discussed the tree until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) informed them that it is the date palm.
And his statement: (With sheaths) is the plural of kam, which is the covering of the fruit, for the fruit of the date palm, when it first emerges, has a strong (kam) on it, then it grows in that kam until it splits and the fruit emerges.
Allah the Exalted said:
(11) Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates] (12) And grain having husks and scented plants. (13) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْأَكْمَامِ * وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُ * فَبِأَيِّ آلاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ(Therein is fruit) meaning: in the earth there is fruit,Meaning: fruits by which people refresh themselves, and the types of fruit are many, such as grapes, pomegranates, apples, oranges, and others.
(And date palms with sheaths) The date palm was specified because its fruit is the best of fruits, so it is sweet, food, and fruit, and its tree is among the most blessed and most beneficial of trees, to the extent that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) compared the believer to the date palm,So he said: (Indeed, among the trees there is a tree whose likeness is that of the believer) So the Companions discussed the tree until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) informed them that it is the date palm.
And his statement: (With sheaths) is the plural of kam, which is the covering of the fruit, for the fruit of the date palm, when it first emerges, has a strong (kam) on it, then it grows in that kam until it splits and the fruit emerges.