MANNA

Arabic mann ( من‎ ); Heb. ‏מָן‎ mān ; Greek μάννα . The giving of manna to the children of Israel is mentioned three times in the Qurʾān. Sūrah ii. 54 : “And we overshadowed them with the cloud, and sent down manna and the quails.” Sūrah xx. 82 : “We caused the manna and the quails to descend upon you.” Sūrah vii. 160 : “We caused clouds to overshadow them, and sent down upon them the manna and the quails.” ʿAbdu ʾl-ʿAzīz, in his commentary, says it was like white sugar.