Transliteration:( Yakhruju minhumal lu 'lu u wal marjaan )
“From both of them emerge the pearl and the coral [20].”
The verse refers to the precious pearls and corals that are extracted from the Mediterranean and Persian Seas. This natural phenomenon reflects the diversity and beauty of Allah’s creation. Alternatively, it could mean that these pearls and corals are specifically taken from the salty waters of the seas, highlighting the distinction between the different types of water and what they produce. Just as both male and female contribute to procreation, this verse demonstrates how the salty waters give rise to valuable treasures, symbolizing divine balance and wisdom.
The tafsir of Surah Ar-Rahman verse 22 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Rahman ayat 14 which provides the complete commentary from verse 14 through 25.
(55:22) From these seas come forth pearls[20] and coral.[21]
20. According to Ibn Abbas, Qatadah, Ibn Zaid and Dahhak, marjan implies small pearls, but according to Abdullah bin Masud, this word is used for corals in Arabia.
21. Literally: From both these seas come out pearls and corals. The objectors say that pearls and corals come out only from salt waters. How is it then that they are stated to come out from both the sweet and salt waters? The answer is that the seas contain both the sweet and the salt waters; therefore, whether it is said that these things come out from the combination of both, or from both kinds of waters, it would be one and the same thing. And it may well be that further investigations might reveal that both these things originate in the sea at the place where springs of sweet water gush outs from the sea bed; and in their birth and development combination of both kinds of the water plays its part. Near Bahrain which has been famous for its pearl fisheries for centuries, there exist springs of sweet water at the bottom of the Gulf.
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