(Out of them come pearls and coral). Qatada’s interpretation is: pearls are the large ones, and coral are the small ones.
Yahya said: The meaning of (Out of them come) is: out of one of them.
Muhammad said: He said (Out of them both come) and it only comes out of the salt sea, because it has
﴿يخرج مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤ والمرجان﴾ تَفْسِير قَتَادَة قَالَ: اللُّؤْلُؤ: الْكِبَار، والمرجان: الصغار.
قَالَ يحيى: وَمعنى (يخرج مِنْهُمَا) أَي: من أَحدهمَا.
قَالَ محمدٌ: قَالَ ﴿يخرج مِنْهُمَا﴾ وَإِنَّمَا يخرج من الْبَحْر المالح؛ لِأَنَّهُ قد
