And he had other resources1 ˹as well˺. So he boasted to a ˹poor˺ companion of his, while conversing with him, “I am greater than you in wealth and superior in manpower.”
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ثمر
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Abū Jaʿfar
Ibn ʿĀmir
Nāfiʿ
Ḥamzah
Ibn Kathīr
Khalaf
Abū ʿAmr
al-Kisāʾī
Yaʿqūb
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Readings:
ثَمَرٌ
thamarun
“he had (abundant) fruit”
ثُمُرٌ
thumurun
ثُمْرٌ
thumrun
“he had (abundant) fruit” OR “he had (much) wealth”
Explanation:
These readings are identical in meaning (if thumur and its lightened form thumr are the plural of thimār, itself a plural of thamarah, a fruit); or they provide complementary meanings [al-Mahdawi].
He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
Explanation:
These readings are identical in meaning (if thumur and its lightened form thumr are the plural of thimār, itself a plural of thamarah, a fruit); or they provide complementary meanings [al-Mahdawi].