Surah Ar-Rahman 55:22
سُورَةُ الرَّحۡمَٰن · Medinan · Verse 22 of 78
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
Translation
Pearls come forth from them: large ones, and small, brilliant ones.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'From both of them come pearls and coral.' Ibn Ashur and al-Saadi note the surprise: it is from the meeting of the seas, even from salt water, that beauty is drawn up, pearls and coral formed in the depths and offered to the surface. Ask yourself: I assume good things come only from 'sweet' sources, ease, comfort, favourable conditions. This verse shows treasure produced in the deep, dark, salt places. So many of my own pearls, patience, depth, compassion, were formed not in my easy waters but in the harsh, briny ones I would never have chosen. What is being slowly formed in me right now, in a place that feels only bitter and deep?
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Saadi, al-Biqa'i.
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