What does Quran 78:16 mean?

Quran 78:16 (Surah An-Naba, Ayah 16) translates to: "And gardens of entwined growth."

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 78:16 from?

This ayah is from Surah An-Naba (The Announcement), the 78th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 30.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Kathir — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Creation, Divine Provision, Tawhid, Spiritual Reflection, Day of Judgment.

وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلْفَافًا

Wa jan naatin alfafa

And gardens of entwined growth.

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

3 other themes with weak connections

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Signs in creation

78:16Ayah 140

11 ayahs in An-Naba are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.

Scholars offer complementary perspectives

and gardens orchards of intertwining foliage? alfāf is the plural of lafīf similar in pattern to sharīf ‘noble’ plural ashrāf.

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