What is the meaning of the word "بَقْل" (baql) mentioned in the verse, "So supplicate your Lord for us to bring forth for us from what the earth grows - its baql and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions," and what is its precise description and its other known name?
"Baqal" (greens/herbs) refers to every plant that makes the earth green, or what the earth produces of vegetables. What is meant by it are the finest kinds that are eaten, such as mint, celery, and leeks. "Baqal" is that which has no stem, while "shajar" (trees) are those that have a stem.
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