Ar-Rahmaan (The Beneficent)

Verse 64 - 65

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    64. [The two Gardens appear] dark green [in color owing to the density of trees].

    65. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both [jinn and men] deny?

    The Arabic word madhamma deriving from d-h-m is cognate with idhimam denoting raven black color herein connoting a garden seeming black due to the density of its trees. Since such color reflects utmost freshness of plants and trees, the expression designates utmost verdure of the twain Paradises.

    According to a number of traditions, water, verdure, and beauty engender happiness and delight.1

    The blessed Verse 65 further asks:

    "Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both [jinn and men] deny?"

    Footnotes

    1. Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 59, p. 44. ↩