fruits. The other reciters read both letters with a fathah (1), treating it as the plural of thamarah (fruit), like baqarah (cow) and baqar (cattle). “When it bears fruit, and at its ripening”—that is, its ripeness, maturity, and full development. “Surely in this are signs for a people who believe.”

“And they have made the jinn partners with Allah, though He created them; and without knowledge they have falsely attributed to Him sons and daughters. Glorified and Exalted is He above what they describe. Originator of the heavens and the earth! How could He have a child when He has no consort? He created all things, and He is Knowing of all things.” (100–101)