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And on the earth are tracts, diverse terrains, neighbouring each other, joined side by side, some good, some briny, some of little yield and some fruitful - and these constitute proofs of His power, exalted be He - and gardens, orchards, of vines and sown fields (read zar'un, in the nominative, as a supplement to jannātun, 'gardens', or read zar'in, in the genitive, [as a supplement] to a'nābin, 'of vines'); similarly [constituting proofs of His power are] His words: and date-palms sharing one root (sinwān is the plural of sinw, which are date-palms belonging to the same root, but with many offshoots) and date-palms otherwise, [each] of individual root, watered (read tusqā as [referring to] jannāt, 'gardens', and what is in them, or read yusqā as [referring to] the mentioned [date-palms]) by the same [source of] water; and We make some of them to excel (wa-nufaddil, or read wa-yufaddil, 'and He [Allahu ta’ālā] makes [some of them] to excel') others in flavour (read fī'l-ukul or fī'l-ukl): and so some are sweet, others, bitter - and these are [also] proofs of His power, exalted be He. Surely in that, which is mentioned, are signs for a people who understand, [who] reflect.