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wa-l-ḥabbu dhū l-ʿaṣfi wa-r-rayḥānu
grain with husk, and fragrant herbs.
— Ali Quli Qarai
55Ar-RaḥmānالرحمنVerse 12 of 78
The Beneficent55. Ar-Raḥmānالرحمن
al-Raḥmān
The All-beneficent
MedinanVerse 12 of 78
55Ar-RaḥmānالرحمنVerse 12 of 78
The All-beneficent
grain with husk, and fragrant herbs.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah al-Rahman - Verse 12
12. And also corns, with leaves and stalks for fodder and sweet-scented plants.
Other earthly benefits include crops, like wheat, barley, millet, and lintel growing from the earth on which man feeds. The Arabic word ‘asf denotes the stalk and leaf of grain preserving it until it grows fully. After harvesting and flailing, they will be used as fodder. Another benefit of the earth is growing sweet scented plants, but the Arabic word rayhan may be applied to all flowers and sweet scented plants by smelling which man may derive pleasure.