Source: Ibn Kathir
(Therein are fruits,) of various colors, taste, and scent,
(and date palms producing Akmam.) Allah mentioned the date tree here specifically because of its benefit, both fresh and dry. Ibn Jurayj reported that Ibn `Abbas said Al-Akmam, means sheathed fruit stalks. Similar was said by more than one of the scholars of Tafsir, it refers to the stalks that the seeds grow into becoming a cluster of dates, unripe green dates then they ripen and ripen more.
(And also corn, with (its) `Asf, and Rayhan.) `Ali bin Abi Talhah said that Ibn `Abbas said that in,
(And also corn, with (its) `Asf), `Asf means straw.'' Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas, "`Asf is green leaves cut from the stem, so it is called `Asf when it dries out.'' Similarly, Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak, and Abu Malik said that `Asf means straw.
Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, and others said that Rayhan means leaves, while Al-Hasan said that it means sweet-scented plants. `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said that Rayhan means green leaves. The meanings here, and Allah knows best, are the various crops that produce straw, such as wheat and barley, and Rayhan are the leaves that grow on the stems.
| Mankind is surrounded by Allah's Favors |
Allah said,
(Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny) meaning, "O mankind and Jinn, which of the favors that Allah has given to you do you deny'' Mujahid and others said this, and it is apparent when one reads what comes after it. Meaning the favors that are obvious to you while you are surrounded by them, you cannot deny or reject them. So we say, just as the believers among the Jinns said, "O Allah! None of Your favors do we deny. All praise is due to You.'' Ibn `Abbas used to say, "Nay, our Lord!'' meaning, "None of Your favors do we deny.''
| The Creation of Humans and Jinns |
Allah mentions that He created mankind from clay, like that used in pottery, and created the Jinns from the tip of the flame of a smokeless fire. This was said by Ad-Dahhak from Ibn `Abbas. It was also said by `Ikrimah, Mujahid, Al-Hasan and Ibn Zayd. Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas, "From the best part of the fire, from its smokeless flame.''
Imam Ahmad recorded that `A'ishah said that Allah's Messenger said, (The angels were created from light, the Jinns from a smokeless flame of fire, and `Adam from what was described to you.) Muslim also collected this Hadith.
| Allah is the Lord of the Two Easts and the Two Wests |
Allah said,
((He is) the Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two Wests.) meaning the sunrise of summer and winter and the sunset of summer and winter. Allah said in another Ayah,
(So, I swear by the Lord of all the points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west.)(70:40),
referring to the different places from which the sun rises and then sets on people every day. Allah said in another Ayah,
(The Lord of the east and the west; none has the right to be worshipped but He. So take Him alone as a trustee.)(73:9), Referring to the different places of sunrise and sunset and the benefits that this variation brings to the created, mankind and Jinns,
| Allah created Different Types of Water |
Allah said,
(He has Maraja the two seas), or let them loose, according to Ibn `Abbas. Allah's statement,
(meeting together.) Ibn Zayd said, "He prevents them from meeting by the dividing barrier He placed between them to separate them.'' The two seas are the fresh and salty waters, the former coming from running rivers. We discussed this topic in Surat Al-Furqan when explaining Allah's statement;
(And it is He Who has let free the two seas: one palatable and sweet, and the other salty and bitter; and He has set a barrier and a complete partition between them.)(25:53)
(Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.) meaning, He has placed a barrier of land between these two types of waters, so that they do not transgress upon each other, which would spoil the characteristics they were created with.
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