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b. 56:24. (close)

2946. Whereas in v.57 purity of mind and heart of the consorts of believers in Paradise has been mentioned, the verse under comment speaks of the beauty of their persons. (close)

b. 56:24. (close)

4080. Commentary:

Whereas in v.57 above purity of mind and heart of the consorts of believers in Paradise has been mentioned, the verse under comment speaks of the beauty of their persons. That women mentioned in these verses are the virtuous wives of believers in this life, is apparent from a well-known saying of the Holy Prophet, viz. نساء الدنیا أفضل من الحور العین i.e. the believing women of this world are superior to the huris of the next. (close)

2947. Ihsan means to worship God as if the worshipper is seeing Him, or at least God is seeing the worshipper (Bukhari). This means that in all his deeds and actions God is constantly before the eyes of a believer and as a reward he receives God’s pleasure—the sum total of all the blessings of Heaven. (close)

4081. Commentary:

How adequately and beautifully the blessings of Paradise have been summed up in this brief verse! The word "goodness" is inclusive and fully expressive of all the conceivable favours that will be bestowed upon believers in the next life, and what greater good there could be than the pleasure of God (رضوان اللّٰه) which believers will get in Paradise. (3:16)

According to a saying of the Holy Prophet, أحسان means, "worship God as if you are seeing Him or at least He is seeing you" (Mishkat). This means that in all his deeds and actions God is constantly before the eyes of a believer and as a reward for his actions he receives God’s pleasure—the sum total of all the blessings of Heaven. (close)

2948. The "two gardens" mentioned in v.47, may be the gardens of Paradise, and the "two gardens" referred to in this verse may be the gardens of this world. The Muslims were promised gardens in the next world and as a proof of the fulfilment of this Divine promise, they were also promised the gardens of this world which indeed they came to possess when they conquered the fertile valleys of Egypt and Iraq. But the description of the "two gardens" mentioned in v.47 is different from that in the present verse. This shows that two categories of believers have been mentioned in this Surah. The believers to whom "gardens" mentioned in v.47 have been promised seem to be of a higher spiritual status than those to whom "gardens" mentioned in the verse under comment have been promised. A careful study of the relevant verses brings out this fact. These two classes of believers have been mentioned in the next Surah in vv.11 and 28 respectively. (close)

4082. Commentary:

The "two Gardens" mentioned in v.47, may be the Gardens of Paradise; the "two Gardens" referred to in this verse may be the gardens of this world. The Muslims were promised gardens in the next world and as a proof of the fulfilment of this Divine promise they were also promised the gardens of this world which indeed they came to possess when they conquered the fertile valleys of Syria and Iraq. But the description of the "two Gardens" mentioned in v.47 being different from that in the present verse shows that two categories of believers have been mentioned in this Surah; the believers to whom "Gardens" mentioned in v.47 have been promised seem to be of a higher spiritual status than those to whom "Gardens" mentioned in the verse under comment have been promised. A careful study of the re1evant verses clearly brings out this fact. These two classes of believers have been mentioned in the next Surah, in vv.11 and 28, respectively. (close)

2949. Whereas in v.49 above the "gardens" are described as having many varieties of trees, which points to the vast variety of the good works of the believers to whom they are promised, the "gardens" mentioned in the verse under comment are described as "dark green with foliage" which indicates the intensity of the goodness of their works. (close)

4083. Important Words:

مدھامتان (dark green with foliage) is derived from ادھام. They say ادھام الزرع i.e. the seed produce became of a dark green colour by reason of abundance of moisture or irrigation. ادھامت الروضة means, the meadow became of a dark green colour. حدیقة مدھامة means, a walled garden, having its green inclining to black (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

Whereas the "Gardens" mentioned in v. 47 above are described as "having many varieties of trees" which points to the vast variety of the good works of the believers to whom they are promised, the "Gardens" mentioned in the verse under comment are described as "dark green with foliage" which indicates the intensity of the goodness of their works. (close)

2950. In the present verse and in v.51 above, two different descriptions of the fountains and springs promised to believers have been given. In v.51 the fountains promised are described as flowing freely and ceaselessly (Tajriyani). This signifies that believers to whom springs mentioned in that verse have been promised are of a higher spiritual status than the believers to whom springs mentioned in the present verse have been promised, since the believers of former category are engaged in doing good to others ceaselessly and freely without any idea or expectation of reward while those of the latter class do good works out of natural impulse but their doing of good is mainly confined to themselves. The qualifying word used is Naddakhatan (gushing forth). (close)

4084. Important Words:

نضاختان (gushing forth with water) is derived from نضخ. They say نضخ الماء i.e. the water gushed forth from the fountain or boiled forth vehemently. عین نضاخة means, a copious spring of water or a spring that gushes forth or boils forth copiously (Lane).

Commentary:

In the present verse and in v. 51۱ above two different descriptions of the fountains and springs promised to believers have been given. In v. 51 fountains promised to believers have been described as flowing freely and ceaselessly while in the present verse these springs are described as gushing forth with water. This signifies that believers to whom springs mentioned in v. 51 have been promised are of a higher spiritual status than believers to whom springs mentioned in the present verse have been promised; since believers of former category are engaged in doing good to others ceaselessly and freely without any idea or expectation of reward while those of the latter class do good works out of natural impulse but the doing of good is mainly confined to themselves. (close)