Transliteration:( Muttaki'eena 'alaa rafrafin khudrinw wa 'abqariyyin hisaan )
"Reclining on green cushions and beautiful attractive carpets [62]."
✅ [62] Some Islamic scholars have explained that Abqari was a person known for making excellent and high-quality clothes. The village he lived in became known as Abqar.
Among the Arabs, anything considered exquisite, rare, or unique came to be called Abqari.
➡️ In line with this usage, the heavenly beds and carpets have been referred to as Abqari, signifying their unmatched beauty and superior quality.
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Please refer to Surah Rahman ayat 62 which provides the complete commentary from verse 62 through 78.
(55:76) They shall be reclining on green cushions and splendid carpets.[52]
52. The word abqari in the original is from abqar, the capital city of the jinn in the legends of the pre-Islamic Arabia. It was on that account that the Arabs called every fine and rare thing abqari as if it belonged to the fairyland and had no match in the material world. So much so that in their idiom the man who possessed extraordinary abilities and who performed wonderful works was also called abqari. The English word genius also is spoken in the same sense and is also derived from genii which is a synonym of jinn. That is why the word abqari has been used here to give an idea of the extraordinary exquisiteness of the provisions of Paradise to the Arabs.
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