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Surah Ar-Rahman — 55:11

فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ

Feehaa faakihatunw wan nakhlu zaatul akmaam

Na niej są owoce i palmy z wiechami,

in it is fruit, and palm trees with sheathed clusters,

Reflection

Akmam are the sheaths that wrap a date-cluster before it splits open, and the only other place the word appears is 41:47, where fruit emerging from them stands beside a birth as something only God's knowledge reaches. Here the fruit is named at the stage where it is still covered. The inventory then runs through grain and ends on scented herbs, closing on the item with no use beyond pleasure.

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