Commentary
And besides them, and besides those two promised gardens for the close ones, there are two gardens for those below them from the companions of the right. They are dark green, having become dark from the intensity of the greenness, and they are overflowing with water. The word 'nadhkh' is more than 'nadh', because 'nadh' is not as intense as 'rash'. If you say: Why is the date palm and pomegranate mentioned alongside the fruit when they are part of it? I say: It is a specification for them and a clarification of their virtue, as if they are two other types due to their distinction. Like His saying, 'And Gabriel and Michael.' Or because the date palm's fruit is both a fruit and food, and the pomegranate is a fruit and medicine, so they are not solely for enjoyment. From this, Abu Hanifa, may Allah have mercy on him, said: If someone swears not to eat fruit and then eats a pomegranate or fresh dates, he does not break his oath, while his two companions disagreed with him.
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