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Surah As-Saaffaat (37) — Ayah 146
وَأَنۢبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِّن يَقْطِينٍ ﴿146﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And We caused a plant of gourd to grow over him.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَأَنۢبَتْنَا
wa-anbatnā
And We caused to grow
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
over him
شَجَرَةًۭ
shajaratan
a plant
مِّن
min
of
يَقْطِينٍۢ
yaqṭīnin
gourd
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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146. And We caused a gourd vine [86] to grow over him.
[86]
Arrangement for His Residence and Food:
﴿يَقْطِيْنٌ﴾ applies to every plant that does not have a trunk, such as pumpkin, cucumber, watermelon, etc., and especially it refers to the vine of the bottle gourd. And according to the majority of commentators, this very plant grew there. Its leaves are broad, which provide shade from the sun and the like. It is also said that flies do not come near this plant. How did Allah Almighty arrange his food? There is no explicit mention of this in the Book and Sunnah. Some commentators say that every day a deer would come, whose milk he would drink. Until, after a few days, he became able to walk around.
[86]
Arrangement for His Residence and Food:
﴿يَقْطِيْنٌ﴾ applies to every plant that does not have a trunk, such as pumpkin, cucumber, watermelon, etc., and especially it refers to the vine of the bottle gourd. And according to the majority of commentators, this very plant grew there. Its leaves are broad, which provide shade from the sun and the like. It is also said that flies do not come near this plant. How did Allah Almighty arrange his food? There is no explicit mention of this in the Book and Sunnah. Some commentators say that every day a deer would come, whose milk he would drink. Until, after a few days, he became able to walk around.
