Manna __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text MANNA Arabic mann من The giving of manna to the children of Israel is mentioned three-times in the Qur'an. Surah ii. 54; "And we overshadowed them with the cloud, and sent down manna and the quails. Surah xx. 82: "We caused the manna and the quails to descend upon you." Surah vii. 160: "We caused clouds to overshadow them, and sent down upon them the manna and the quails." 'Abdu 'l-'Aziz, in his commentary, says it was like white sugar. Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/books/encyclopedias/dictionary-of-islam-hughes ">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail