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presented it to <strong>the</strong>m, so Ras[lull\h r said, ‘O `Al|, eat this as it is more<br />
suitable for you.’<br />
al-*\kim<br />
Pomegranates<br />
'It is He, Who sends down rain from <strong>the</strong> skies; with it We<br />
produce vegetation <strong>of</strong> all kinds: from some We produce green<br />
(crops), out <strong>of</strong> which We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest);<br />
out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> date palm and its sheaths (come) clusters <strong>of</strong> dates<br />
hanging low and near: and (<strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong>re are) gardens <strong>of</strong><br />
grapes, and olives, and pomegranates, each similar (in kind)<br />
yet different (in variety): when <strong>the</strong>y begin to bear fruit,<br />
feast your eyes with <strong>the</strong> fruit and <strong>the</strong> ripeness <strong>the</strong>re<strong>of</strong>.<br />
Behold! In <strong>the</strong>se things <strong>the</strong>re are Signs for people who believe.'<br />
Qur’\n, al-An`\m, 6:99<br />
'It is He Who produces gardens, with trellises and without,<br />
and dates, and crops with produce <strong>of</strong> all kinds, and olives<br />
and pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in variety):<br />
eat <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir fruit in <strong>the</strong>ir season, but render <strong>the</strong> dues that are<br />
proper on <strong>the</strong> day that <strong>the</strong> harvest is ga<strong>the</strong>red.<br />
But waste not by excess: for Allah loves not <strong>the</strong> wasters.'<br />
Qur’\n, al-An`\m, 6:141<br />
'In <strong>the</strong>m will be fruits, and dates, and pomegranates:<br />
Then which <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> favours <strong>of</strong> your Lord will you deny?'<br />
Qur’\n, ar-Ra#m\n 55:68-69<br />
Ibn `Abb\s t narrated that <strong>the</strong> <strong>Prophet</strong> r said,<br />
‘There is not a pomegranate which does not have a pip from one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
pomegranates <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Garden (<strong>of</strong> Jannah) in it'<br />
Lis\n al-M|z\n <strong>of</strong> Ibn *ajar `Asqal\n|<br />
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