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Surah 'Abasa — 80:28

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

Wa 'inabaw-wa qadba

Sonra yeryüzünü iyice yarmakta ve orada taneli ekinler, üzümler, sebzeler, zeytin, hurma ağaçları ve bahçelerde koca koca ağaçlı meyveler ve çayırlar bitirmekteyiz.

and grapes and fresh herbs,

Reflection

Qaḍb derives from the verb to cut, and commentators took it as a green crop that is cut and grows back to be cut again, lucerne in some reports and edible greens in others. Placed beside grapes, it pairs a fruit that needs years of tending on the vine with a plant that returns weeks after the sickle. Each plant in this list keeps a different clock, from the grain sown each season to the olive that outlives whoever planted it.

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