What does « Garden / Piercing gaze » mean in the Quran?

Discover the meaning of the word Garden / Piercing gaze (حدق) in the Quran, with 3 verses in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.

حدق

Garden / Piercing gaze

Root: ح - د - ق

Quranic language 3 verses

Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM

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Definition of Garden / Piercing gaze

Allah says: 'Gardens (hadâ'iq) full of splendor' (An-Naml: 60).

Hadâ'iq is the plural of 'hadîqa', a plot of land with water surrounded by walls.

The gardens of Paradise are hadâ'iq with trees, fruits and running water.

Garden / Piercing gaze in the Quran (3)

Meccan: 3 Medinan: 0

Distribution of verses by surah

An-Naml 1

An-Naba 1

'Abasa 1

Surah An-Naml : 60 Meccan

﴿أَمَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ حَدَآئِقَ ذَاتَ بَهْجَةٍ مَّا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَن تُنۢبِتُوا۟ شَجَرَهَآ أَءِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ يَعْدِلُونَ﴾

[More precisely], is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you rain from the sky, causing to grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof? Is there a deity with Allah? [No], but they are a people who ascribe equals [to Him].

Surah An-Naba : 32 Meccan

﴿حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعْنَٰبًا﴾

Gardens and grapevines

Surah 'Abasa : 30 Meccan

﴿وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلْبًا﴾

And gardens of dense shrubbery