Al-Waqi'ah Verse 29

clusters of bananas,

and clusters of bananas,

and serried acacias,

and clustered acacia

And plantains laden with fruit.

Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits) piled one above another,-

and flower-clad acacias,

And acacia covered with heaps of bloom,

And clusters of banana plants.

and clustered spathes

And banana trees with fruit piled high,

And (in the Garden of) clustered bananas;

And acacia/bananas , neatly piled over each other

And clusters of banana plants.

And tall trees with clusters of flowers (or fruits) one above another

Among Talh (banana-trees) with fruits piled one above another,

Amid thornless lote-trees,

And banana-trees (with fruits), one above another.

And clustered plantains,

and banana trees,

Bananatrees, piled

And among Talh Mandud.

and clustered bananas,

And sweet-smelling plants.

and clustered plantains, banana trees, [weighed down] with its load [of fruit] from top to bottom,

and among Talh Mandud.

refers to large thorny shrub that used to grow in the area of Hijaz (Western Arabia).

Mujahid said that
مَّنضُودٍ
(Mandud) means;

"Its fruits are piled on top of each other. Allah is reminding the Quraysh of these kinds of trees, since they used to like the shade that the Talh and Sidr provided for them."

Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Abu Sa`id said that
وَطَلْحٍ مَّنضُودٍ
(Talh Mandud) means;

"The banana tree."

And he (Ibn Abi Hatim) said,

"Similar is reported from Ibn Abbas, Abu Hurayrah, Al-Hasan, `Ikrimah, Qasamah bin Zuhayr, Qatadah and Abu Hazrah. "

Mujahid and Ibn Zayd said similalry, Ibn Zayd added,

"The people of Yemen call the banana tree, Talh."

Ibn Jarir mentioned no other explanation for Talh.

Allah said,

وَظِلٍّ مَّمْدُودٍ

Trees bearing most variegated flowers and trees bearing delicious fruits inducing them to taste the pleasures of eternal life