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(Book#1149/And The Qafirs say-15)
[ * When the Waqi`ah occurs, :-
**Foremost in performing the acts of righteousness:-
** Rewards ….:-
**Devoted and of equal age,:-
*The leftist suffering’s:-
*And they used to say, “When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?:-]
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Surah:56:Al-Waaqia
Para:27
Ayat:- 1-56
56:1
اِذَا وَقَعَتِ الۡوَاقِعَۃُ ۙ﴿۱﴾
When the Occurrence occurs,
The Horrors of the Day of Resurrection
Allah says,
إِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ
When the Waqi`ah occurs,
Al-Waqi`ah (the occurrence), is one of the names of the Day of Resurrection, because that Day is real and will surely come.
Allah the Exalted said in other Ayat,
فَيَوْمَيِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ
Then on that Day shall the Waqi`ah occur. (69:15)
Allah the Exalted said,
لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ
56:2
لَیۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِہَا کَاذِبَۃٌ ۘ﴿۲﴾
There is, at its occurrence, no denial.
There is not, for its occurrence, Kadhibah.
means, when He commands the Day of Resurrection to begin, none can stop it from happening or prevent it from beginning,
اسْتَجِيبُواْ لِرَبِّكُمْ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ لاَّ مَرَدَّ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ
Answer the call of your Lord before there comes from Allah a Day which can not be averted. (42:47),
سَأَلَ سَأيِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
لِّلْكَـفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ
A questioner asked concerning a torment about to occur — upon the disbelievers, which none can avert. (70:1-2),
وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ كُن فَيَكُونُ قَوْلُهُ الْحَقُّ وَلَهُ الْمُلْكُ يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى الصُّوَرِ عَـلِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَـدَةِ وَهُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْخَبِيرُ
And on the Day He will say:”Be!” — and it is! His Word is the Truth. His will be the dominion on the Day when the Trumpet will be blown. All-Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is the All-Wise, Well Aware. (6:73)
As for the meaning of
كَاذِبَةٌ
(Kadhibah)
Muhammad bin Ka`b said:”It will certainly occur,”
while Qatadah said,
“It shall not be discontinued, taken back or aborted.”
Allah’s statement,
خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ
56:3
خَافِضَۃٌ رَّافِعَۃٌ ۙ﴿۳﴾
It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].
Bringing low, exalting.
indicates that Al-Waqi`ah lowers some people to the lowest parts of the Fire, even if they had been mighty in this life. It also elevates others to the highest grades in the residence of eternal delight, even if they were weak in this life.
This was said by Al-Hasan, Qatadah and others.
Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn Abbas,
خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ
(Bringing low, exalting),
“It made the near and the far hear it,”
while Ikrimah said,
“It lowered, and thus those who were close heard it, and elevated, and thus those in the distance heard it.”
Ad-Dahhak and Qatadah said similarly.
Allah said,
إِذَا رُجَّتِ الاَْرْضُ رَجًّا
56:4
اِذَا رُجَّتِ الۡاَرۡضُ رَجًّا ۙ﴿۴﴾
When the earth is shaken with convulsion
When the earth will be shaken with a terrible shake.
meaning, it is shaken and moved violently over all of its surface and through its depths.
Ibn Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah and others said about Allah’s this saying,
“Violently shaken.”
Ar-Rabi` bin Anas said,
“The earth will be shaken with all that is in it, just as a sifter is shaken with its contents.”
This is like Allah’s saying:
إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الاٌّرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا
When the earth is shaken with its earthquake. (99:1)
and,
يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ السَّاعَةِ شَىْءٌ عَظِيمٌ
O mankind! Have Taqwa of your Lord! Verily, the earthquake of the Hour is a terrible thing. (22:1)
Allah said:
وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا
56:5
وَّ بُسَّتِ الۡجِبَالُ بَسًّا ۙ﴿۵﴾
And the mountains are broken down, crumbling
And the mountains will be powdered to dust,
meaning, relentlessly pulverized.
This was said by Ibn Abbas, Mujahid, Ikrimah and Qatadah and others.
Ibn Zayd said:
“The mountains will become just like Allah described them,
كَثِيباً مَّهِيلً
A heap of sand poured out. (73:14)”
Allah’s saying:
فَكَانَتْ هَبَاء مُّنبَثًّا
56:6
فَکَانَتۡ ہَبَآءً مُّنۡۢبَثًّا ۙ﴿۶﴾
And become dust dispersing.
So that they will become floating dust particles.
Abu Ishaq narrated from Al-Harith, from Ali:
“It will become like the rising dust storm that soon fades away leaving no trace of itself behind.”
Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn Abbas about Allah’s saying:
فَكَانَتْ هَبَاء مُّنبَثًّا
(So that they will become floating dust particles).
“It describes the rising embers from the fire when it is kindled, but when the embers land, they are extinguished quickly.”
Ikrimah said,
“The floating dust particles that the wind scatters all around,”
while Qatadah said,
هَبَاء مُّنبَثًّ
(floating particles),
“Like the dry parts of trees that the wind scatters all about.”
This Ayah is similar to several other Ayat that indicate that the mountains will be moved from their places, demolished and blown off their bases, becoming like carded wool on the Day of Resurrection.
Three Categories of People on the Day of Resurrection
Allah’s statement,
وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَاجًا ثَلَثَةً
56:7
وَّ کُنۡتُمۡ اَزۡوَاجًا ثَلٰثَۃً ؕ﴿۷﴾
And you become [of] three kinds:
And you (all) will be in three groups.
This means that people will be divided into three categories on the Day of Resurrection.
– Some will on the right of Allah’s Throne, and they are those who were brought forth from Adam’s right side. This category will be given their Books of Records in their right hand and will be taken to the right side.
As-Suddi explained that they will comprise the majority of the residents of Paradise.
– Another category is those who will be placed to the left of Allah’s Throne, and they are those who were brought forth from Adam’s left side. This category will be given their Books of Records in their left hands and will be taken to the left side. They are the residents of the Fire, may Allah save us from their actions.
– A third category is comprised of those who are the foremost and nearest before Allah. They are in a better grade and status and nearer to Allah than those on the right side. They are the chiefs of those on the right side, because they include the Messengers, Prophets, true believers and martyrs. They are fewer than those on the right side;
so Allah said,
فَأَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
56:8
فَاَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَیۡمَنَۃِ ۬ۙ مَاۤ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَیۡمَنَۃِ ؕ﴿۸﴾
Then the companions of the right – what are the companions of the right?
وَأَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
56:9
وَ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَشۡـَٔمَۃِ ۬ۙ مَاۤ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَشۡـَٔمَۃِ ؕ﴿۹﴾
And the companions of the left – what are the companions of the left?
وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ
56:10
وَ السّٰبِقُوۡنَ السّٰبِقُوۡنَ ﴿ۚۙ۱۰﴾
And the forerunners, the forerunners –
So those on the right — how will be those on the right! And those on the left — how will be those on the left! And those foremost will be foremost.
Allah divides people into these three groups upon their death, as indicated by the end of this Surah. Allah mentioned them in His statement as well,
ثُمَّ أَوْرَثْنَا الْكِتَـبَ الَّذِينَ اصْطَفَيْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا فَمِنْهُمْ ظَـلِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِ وَمِنْهُمْ مُّقْتَصِدٌ وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِقٌ بِالْخَيْرَتِ بِإِذُنِ اللَّهِ
Then We gave the Book as inheritance to such of Our servants whom We chose. Then of them are some who wrong themselves, and of them are some who follow a middle course, and of them are some who are, by Allah’s leave, foremost in good deeds. (35:32)
Muhammad bin Ka`b, Abu Hazrah Ya`qub bin Mujahid said that,
وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ
(And those foremost will be foremost), is about the Prophets, peace be upon them,
while As-Suddi said that they are the residents of the utmost highs (Ahl Al-`Illiyyin, in Paradise).
The meaning of foremost is that they were foremost in performing the acts of righteousness just as Allah commanded them,
وَسَارِعُواْ إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَـوَتُ وَالاٌّرْضُ
And march forth in the way to forgiveness from your Lord, and for Paradise as wide as the heavens and the earth. (3:133)
and,
سَابِقُواْ إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا كَعَرْضِ السَّمَأءِ وَالاٌّرْضِ
Race with one another in hastening towards forgiveness from your Lord, and Paradise the width whereof is as the width of the heaven and the earth. (57:21)
Therefore, those who rush to obey Allah in this life and are foremost in performing acts of righteousness, will be among the foremost believers honored in the Hereafter. Verily, the reward is according to the kind of deed, and as one does, so he is judged.
So Allah said:
أُوْلَيِكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
56:11
اُولٰٓئِکَ الۡمُقَرَّبُوۡنَ ﴿ۚ۱۱﴾
Those are the ones brought near [to Allah ]
فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ
56:12
فِیۡ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِیۡمِ ﴿۱۲﴾
In the Gardens of Pleasure,
These will be the nearest (to Allah). In the Gardens of Delight.
56:13
ثُلَّۃٌ مِّنَ الۡاَوَّلِیۡنَ ﴿ۙ۱۳﴾
A [large] company of the former peoples
The Reward of the Foremost in Faith
Allah states that the foremost of the close believers are a multitude, a crowd among the earlier generations and a few from the latter generations. There is a difference over the meaning of the first generations and the later generations. Some said that the former means earlier (believing) nations, while the later refers to this Ummah. This was reported from Mujahid and Al-Hasan Al-Basri, in the collection of Ibn Abi Hatim, and this is the preference of Ibn Jarir. He considered it supported by the saying of Allah’s Messenger:
نَحْنُ الاْخِرُونَ السَّابِقُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَة
We are the later nation, but the foremost on the Day of Resurrection.
Ibn Jarir did not mention any other interpretation nor did he attribute this view to anyone else. There is another Hadith that could support this meaning. Imam Abu Muhammad bin Abi Hatim recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that when these Ayat were revealed,
ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الاَْوَّلِينَ
وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ الاْخِرِينَ
56:14
وَ قَلِیۡلٌ مِّنَ الۡاٰخِرِیۡنَ ﴿ؕ۱۴﴾
And a few of the later peoples,
A multitude of those (foremost) will be from the first ones. And a few of those will be from the later ones),
this news became hard for the Companions of the Prophet when these Ayat, were revealed. The Prophet then said,
إِنِّي لَاَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا رُبُعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ثُلُثَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ نِصْفُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ أَوْ شَطْرُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَتُقَاسِمُونَهُمُ النِّصْفَ الثَّانِي
I hope that you will comprise a quarter of the residents of Paradise, a third of the residents of Paradise. Rather, you are a half of the residents of Paradise, and will have a share in the other half.
Imam Ahmad also recorded this.
However, this opinion that Ibn Jarir chose is questionable, rather it is a deficient interpretation. This is because this Ummah is the best of all nations, according to the text of the Qur’an. Therefore, it is not possible that the foremost believers from earlier nations are more numerous than those of in this Ummah; the opposite is true.
The latter opinion is the correct one, that,
ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الاَْوَّلِينَ
(A multitude of those will be from the first ones), refers to the earlier generations of this Ummah, while,
وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ الاْخِرِينَ
(And a few of those will be from the later ones), refers to the latter people of this Ummah.
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that As-Sari bin Yahya said that Al-Hasan recited this Ayah,
وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ
–
أُوْلَيِكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ
–
فِي جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ
–
ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الاَْوَّلِينَ
–
And those foremost will be foremost. These will be the nearest (to Allah). In the Gardens of Delight. A multitude of those will be from the first ones,
Then he commented,
“A multitude from the earlier generation of this Ummah.”
Ibn Abi Hatim also recorded that Muhammad bin Sirin commented:
ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الاَْوَّلِينَ
–
وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ الاْخِرِينَ
–
A multitude of those will be from the first ones. And a few of those will be from the later ones,
“They stated, or hoped that they will all be from this Ummah.”
Therefore, these are the statements of Al-Hasan and Ibn Sirin that those foremost in faith are all from this Ummah.
There is no doubt that the earlier generations of each nation were better than the latter generations. In this pretext, this Ayah might include all previous believing nations. In this regard, it is confirmed in the authentic Hadith compilations, from more than one route, that the Messenger of Allah said;
خَيْرُ الْقُرُونِ قَرْنِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُم
The best people are my generation, then the next generation, then the next generation….
He also said:
لَاا تَزَالُ طَايِفَةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتِي ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ لَاا يَضُرُّهُمْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ وَلَاا مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ إِلَى قِيَامِ السَّاعَة
A group of my Ummah will always remain on the truth and dominant, unharmed by those who fail to support them and those who defy them, until the Last Hour begins.
In another narration:
حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ اللهِ تَعَالَى وَهُمْ كَذلِك
..until Allah’s command comes while they are like this.
This Ummah is more honored than any other Ummah. The foremost believers of this Ummah are more numerous and hold a higher rank than those of other nations, due to the status of their religion and Prophet.
In a Mutawatir Hadith, the Prophet mentioned that seventy thousand of this Ummah will enter Paradise without reckoning.
In another narration of this Hadith, the Prophet added,
مَعَ كُلِّ أَلْفٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا
With each thousand, another seventy thousand.
In yet another narration, he said,
مَعَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا
With every one of them is another seventy thousand.
Allah’s statement,
عَلَى سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ
56:15
عَلٰی سُرُرٍ مَّوۡضُوۡنَۃٍ ﴿ۙ۱۵﴾
On thrones woven [with ornament],
on Thrones, Mawdunah.
Ibn Abbas said, “Woven with gold.”
Similar was reported from Mujahid, Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Zayd bin Aslam, Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak and others.
Allah said,
مُتَّكِيِينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَابِلِينَ
56:16
مُّتَّکِـِٕیۡنَ عَلَیۡہَا مُتَقٰبِلِیۡنَ ﴿۱۶﴾
Reclining on them, facing each other.
Reclining thereon, face to face.
indicating that they will face each other, and none of them will be in the back lines,
يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ
56:17
یَطُوۡفُ عَلَیۡہِمۡ وِلۡدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُوۡنَ ﴿ۙ۱۷﴾
There will circulate among them young boys made eternal
Immortal boys will go around them,
who will never grow up, get old or change in shape,
بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ
56:18
بِاَکۡوَابٍ وَّ اَبَارِیۡقَ ۬ۙ وَ کَاۡسٍ مِّنۡ مَّعِیۡنٍ ﴿ۙ۱۸﴾
With vessels, pitchers and a cup from a flowing spring –
With cups, and jugs, and a glass of flowing wine,
these cups do not have handles or spouts, while the jugs sometimes do and sometimes do not. All of them, including the glasses, will contain wine drawn from a flowing spring, not from containers that might get empty. Rather, this spring of wine flows freely,
لَاا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَاا يُنزِفُونَ
56:19
لَّا یُصَدَّعُوۡنَ عَنۡہَا وَ لَا یُنۡزِفُوۡنَ ﴿ۙ۱۹﴾
No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated –
Wherefrom neither Yusadda`un nor Yunzifun.
meaning, they will never get headaches from this wine nor intoxicated. Rather, this wine does not affect their minds, even though it has a strong and tremendously delightful taste.
Ad-Dahhak reported from Ibn Abbas:
“The wine (of this life) has four side-effects,
– it intoxicates,
– gives headaches,
– induces vomiting and
– causes excessive urine.
So Allah mentioned the wine of Paradise free of these characteristics.”
Mujahid, Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Atiyah Al-Awfi, Qatadah and As-Suddi said that Allah’s statement,
لَاا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا
(Wherefrom neither Yusadda`un) means,
“It does not give them a headache.”
While they said that
وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ
(nor will they Yunzifun) means that
“It does not change their sense of reasoning.”
Allah’s statement,
وَفَاكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ
56:20
وَ فَاکِہَۃٍ مِّمَّا یَتَخَیَّرُوۡنَ ﴿ۙ۲۰﴾
And fruit of what they select
وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
56:21
وَ لَحۡمِ طَیۡرٍ مِّمَّا یَشۡتَہُوۡنَ ﴿ؕ۲۱﴾
And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.
And with fruit that they may choose. And with the flesh of fowls that they desire.
meaning, whatever fruits they wish for will be distributed among them.
This Ayah is a proof that we are allowed to choose the fruits that we prefer and wish to eat.
Imam Ahmad recorded that Thabit said that Anas said that the Messenger of Allah liked dreams. A man might have a dream, so he would ask about him if he did not know him, and would like to hear the dream if that man was praised for his good qualities. Once a woman came to him and said,
“O Allah’s Messenger! I had a dream that I was taken out of Al-Madinah and entered Paradise. I heard noise because of which Paradise wept. I looked and found so-and-so, so-and-so,’ and she mentioned the names of twelve men whom the Prophet had sent with a military expedition. They were later brought on (in Paradise, in the dream) with their wounds still bleeding. It was said, `Take them to the river Baydakh or — Baydhakh.’ They were taken to that river and submerged in it and their faces turned as radiant as the full moon. They were brought a plate made of gold containing green dates. They ate as much of the green dates they wanted to and whenever they turned that plate around, they would eat from the fruit it contained, as much as they wanted, and I (the woman said) ate with them.”
Later on, that army sent an emissary to convey the news (of the battle) and he said that so-and-so and so-and-so died, mentioning the names of the twelve men who were mentioned in the dream. So, Allah’s Messenger called the woman and again asked her to mention her story, and she did.
This is the narration that Abu Ya`la collected, and Al-Hafiz Ad-Diya’ said,
“This Hadith meets the criteria of Muslim.”
Allah said,
وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
And with the flesh of fowls that they desire.
Imam Ahmad recorded that Anas said that the Messenger of Allah said,
إِنَّ طَيْرَ الْجَنَّةِ كَأَمْثَالِ الْبُخْتِ يَرْعَى فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّة
Birds of Paradise are like Bukht camels that graze in the trees of Paradise.
Abu Bakr commented, “O Allah’s Messenger! Surely, these birds must be wonderful.”
The Messenger said,
اكِلُهَا أَنْعَمُ مِنْهَا
Those who eat them are more wonderful.
and repeated this statement thrice.
The Prophet went on,
وَإِنِّي لَاإَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ مِمَّنْ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا
And I hope that you will be among those who eat from them.
Only Imam Ahmad collected this Hadith using this chain of narration.
Allah said;
وَحُورٌ عِينٌ
56:22
وَ حُوۡرٌ عِیۡنٌ ﴿ۙ۲۲﴾
And fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,
And (there will be) Hur with wide lovely eyes.
كَأَمْثَالِ اللُّوْلُوِ الْمَكْنُونِ
56:23
کَاَمۡثَالِ اللُّؤۡلُوَٴ الۡمَکۡنُوۡنِ ﴿ۚ۲۳﴾
The likenesses of pearls well-protected,
Like unto preserved pearls,
indicating that they are just as white and pure fresh pearls.
We mentioned Allah’s statement,
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ
As if they were eggs preserved. (37:49), in Surah As-Saffat, and also their description in Surah Ar-Rahman.
This is why Allah said afterwards,
جَزَاء بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
56:24
جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا کَانُوۡا یَعۡمَلُوۡنَ ﴿۲۴﴾
As reward for what they used to do.
A reward for what they used to do.
meaning, `these delights that We granted them are rewards for the good deeds that they performed (in this life).’
Allah the Exalted said,
لَاا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَاا تَأْثِيمًا
56:25
لَا یَسۡمَعُوۡنَ فِیۡہَا لَغۡوًا وَّ لَا تَاۡثِیۡمًا ﴿ۙ۲۵﴾
They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin –
إِلاَّ قِيلً سَلَمًا سَلَمًا
56:26
اِلَّا قِیۡلًا سَلٰمًا سَلٰمًا ﴿۲۶﴾
Only a saying: “Peace, peace.”
No Laghw (evil vain talk) will they hear therein, nor any sinful speech. But only the saying of:
“Salaman (peace,)!
Salaman (peace.)!”
meaning they will not hear foul or unnecessary speech in Paradise.
لااَّ تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـغِيَةً
Where they shall neither hear harmful speech nor falsehood. (88:11),
meaning, no foul words are uttered therein.
Allah said,
وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا
(nor any sinful speech), meaning, nor speech that contains foul words,
إِلاَّ قِيلً سَلَمًا سَلَمًا
(But only the saying of:”Salaman (peace!), Salaman (peace!).”, they will greet each other with Salam, just as Allah said in another Ayah,
تَحِيَّتُهُمْ فِيهَا سَلَـمٌ
Their greeting therein will be:”Salaman (peace!).” (14:23)
And, as we mentioned, their words will be free from impure and needless speech
56:27
وَ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡیَمِیۡنِ ۬ۙ مَاۤ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡیَمِیۡنِ ﴿ؕ۲۷﴾
The companions of the right – what are the companions of the right?
The Reward of Those on the Right After
Allah mentioned the final destination of those foremost in faith, the nearest to Him, He next mentioned the end of those on the right, the righteous believers.
Maymun bin Mihran said that those on the right side are lesser in rank than the foremost in faith.
Allah said,
وَأَصْحَابُ الْيَمِينِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْيَمِينِ
And those on the right — how (fortunate) will be those on the right?
who are those on the right, what is their condition and what will their final destination be like?
Allah next answers this question by saying,
فِي سِدْرٍ مَّخْضُودٍ
56:28
فِیۡ سِدۡرٍ مَّخۡضُوۡدٍ ﴿ۙ۲۸﴾
[They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed
(they will be) among Sidr Makhdud.
Ibn Abbas, Ikrimah, Mujahid, Ibn Al-Ahwas, Qasamah bin Zuhayr, As-Safr bin Nusayr, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, Abdullah bin Kathir, As-Suddi, Abu Hazrah and several others said,
“The kind without thorns.”
And from Ibn Abbas:
“It is the one that is laden with fruits.”
This is also reported from Ikrimah and Mujahid.
Similar was also said by Qatadah as we mentioned.
So it is the one with a full load of fruits without thorns. So it appears that both meanings apply here.
The lote tree, of this life is thorny and carries few fruits. In the Hereafter, it is the opposite; it does not have thorns and carries plenty of fruit, the weight of which strains its trunk.
Utbah bin Abd As-Sulami said, “I was sitting with Allah’s Messenger , when a Bedouin came and said,
`O Messenger of Allah! Have you heard about the tree that has more thorns than any other being in Paradise’ Meaning the Talh tree.
So Allah’s Messenger said:
إِنَّ اللهَ يَجْعَلُ مَكَانَ كُلِّ شَوْكَةٍ مِنْهَا ثَمَرَةً مِثْلَ خُصْوَةِ التَّيْسِ الْمَلْبُودِ فِيهَا سَبْعُونَ لَوْنًا مِنَ الطَّعَامِ لَا يُشْبِهُ لَوْنٌ اخَر
For each spot that there was a thorn on it, Allah instead put fruit, similar to a castrated tight skinned ram, a food having seventy colors, each different than the other.
Allah’s said,
وَطَلْحٍ مَّنضُودٍ
56:29
وَّ طَلۡحٍ مَّنۡضُوۡدٍ ﴿ۙ۲۹﴾
And [banana] trees layered [with fruit]
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
56:30
وَّ ظِلٍّ مَّمۡدُوۡدٍ ﴿ۙ۳۰﴾
And shade extended
And in shade Mamdud (extended).)
Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Prophet said,
إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِايَةَ عَامٍ لَا يَقْطَعُهَا اقْرَوُوا إِنْ شِيْتُمْ
وَظِلٍّ مَّمْدُودٍ
In Paradise, there is a tree that a rider can travel for a hundred years under its shade but would not be able to pass it. Recite if you will:(And in shade extended).
Muslim also collected this Hadith.
Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said,
إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِايَةَ عَامٍ اقْرَوُوا إِنْ شِيْتُمْ
وَظِلٍّ مَّمْدُودٍ
There is a tree in Paradise the shade of which a rider would take one hundred years to pass. Recite if you will:(And in shade extended).
Muslim, Al-Bukhari and Abdur-Razzaq collected this Hadith.
Allah said,
وَمَاء مَّسْكُوبٍ
56:31
وَّ مَآءٍ مَّسۡکُوۡبٍ ﴿ۙ۳۱﴾
And water poured out
And by water flowing constantly,
وَفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ
56:32
وَّ فَاکِہَۃٍ کَثِیۡرَۃٍ ﴿ۙ۳۲﴾
And fruit, abundant [and varied],
لاَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ
56:33
لَّا مَقۡطُوۡعَۃٍ وَّ لَا مَمۡنُوۡعَۃٍ ﴿ۙ۳۳﴾
Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,
And fruit in plenty, whose supply is not cut off nor are they out of reach.
indicating that they will have plenty of fruits of various kinds, that which no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard of and no heart has ever imagined, as Allah said,
كُلَّمَا رُزِقُواْ مِنْهَا مِن ثَمَرَةٍ رِّزْقاً قَالُواْ هَـذَا الَّذِى رُزِقْنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَأُتُواْ بِهِ مُتَشَـبِهاً
Every time they will be provided with a fruit therefrom, they will say:”This is what we were provided with before,” and they will be given things in resemblance. (2:25)
The shape will appear similar, but the taste is different.
In the Two Sahihs, Sidrat Al-Muntaha (the tree in the seventh heaven) is described as:
فَإِذَا وَرَقُهَا كَأذَانِ الْفِيَلَةِ وَنَبْقُهَا مِثْلُ قِلَإلِ هَجَر
its leaves were like the ears of elephants and its Nabir fruits resembled the clay jugs of Hajar.
The Two Sahihs also collected a Hadith from Ibn Abbas, who said,
“The sun was eclipsed and Allah’s Messenger led the people in the Eclipse prayer. They asked, `O Allah’s Messenger, we saw you reach out for something while standing (in prayer), but then you stepped back.’
He said,
إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ الْجَنَّةَ فَتَنَاوَلْتُ مِنْهَا عُنْقُودًا وَلَوْ أَخَذْتُهُ لَاَكَلْتُمْ مِنْهُ مَا بَقِيَتِ الدُّنْيَا
I saw Paradise and reached out for a cluster of fruit from it. Had I done so, you would have kept eating from it for the remainder of the life of the world.”
Imam Ahmad recorded that Utbah bin Abd As-Sulami said,
“A Bedouin man came to the Messenger of Allah and asked him about the Hawd and Paradise. The Bedouin asked, `Does Paradise have fruits?’
The Prophet said,
نَعَمْ وَفِيهَا شَجَرَةٌ تُدْعَى طُوبَى
Yes, and it also has a tree called Tuba. (He said something more saying but I could not recall it).
The Bedouin asked, `Does it look like any of the trees that grow in our area’
The Prophet said,
لَيْسَتْ تُشْبِهُ شَيْيًا مِنْ شَجَرِ أَرْضِك
There is nothing resembling it among the trees in your land.
The Prophet then asked him,
Have you traveled to Ash-Sham area?
The Bedouin said:`No.’
The Prophet said,
تُشْبِهُ شَجَرَةً بِالشَّامِ تُدْعَى الْجَوْزَةَ تَنْبُتُ عَلَى سَاقٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَيَنْفَرِشُ أَعْلَهَا
It looks like a tree that grows in Ash-Sham area and is called Al-Jawzah, which stands on one stem but its branches grow all around to the fullest extent.
The Bedouin asked, `How big is the cluster of its fruits?’
The Prophet said,
مَسِيرَةُ شَهْرٍ لِلْغُرَابِ الاَْبْقَعِ وَلَا يَفْتُر
The distance that the crow flies in one month without rest.
The Bedouin asked, `How huge its trunk is?’
The Prophet said,
لَوِ ارْتَحَلَتْ جَذَعَةٌ مِن إِبِلِ أَهْلِكَ مَا أَحَاطَتْ بِأَصْلِهَا حَتْى تَنْكَسِرَ تَرْقُوَتُهَا هَرَمًا
If a four-year old she-camel that your family owns travels it, it will not completely pass its trunk until its shoulders break from old age.
The man asked, `Does it bear grapes?’
The Prophet answered in yes.
The Bedouin asked, `How big are the grapes?’
The Prophet said, Has your father ever slaughtered a ram?
The Bedouin answered, `Yes,’ and the Prophet asked him,
فَسَلَخَ إِهَابَهُ فَأَعْطَاهُ أُمَّكَ فَقَالَ اتَّخِذِي لَنَا مِنْهُ دَلْوًا
And then he skinned it and gave the skin to your mother and asked her to make a hanging bucket out of it.
The Bedouin again said yes and said, `This grape would suffice for me and my family!’
The Prophet agreed and said,
Yes, and also for the rest of your clan.”
Allah’s statement,
لاَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍ
Whose supply is not cut off nor are they out of reach.
The supply of these fruits never runs out, winter or summer. Rather, they are always available for those who want to eat from them, forever. Whenever these fruits are desired, they will be available and easy to grasp by Allah’s power.
Qatadah said,
“Nothing will prevent them from reaching out to get these fruits, no branches, thorns or distance.”
We mentioned a Hadith before that states that whenever someone takes a fruit in Paradise, another one grows in its place.
Allah said, afterwards:
وَفُرُشٍ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ
56:34
وَّ فُرُشٍ مَّرۡفُوۡعَۃٍ ﴿ؕ۳۴﴾
And [upon] beds raised high.
And on couches, raised high.
meaning, high, soft and comfortable.
Allah said,
إِنَّا أَنشَأْنَاهُنَّ إِنشَاء
56:35
اِنَّاۤ اَنۡشَاۡنٰہُنَّ اِنۡشَآءً ﴿ۙ۳۵﴾
Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation
فَجَعَلْنَاهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا
56:36
فَجَعَلۡنٰہُنَّ اَبۡکَارًا ﴿ۙ۳۶﴾
And made them virgins,
عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا
56:37
عُرُبًا اَتۡرَابًا ﴿ۙ۳۷﴾
Devoted and of equal age,
لاِّأَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ
56:38
لِّاَصۡحٰبِ الۡیَمِیۡنِ ﴿ؕ٪۳۸﴾
For the companions of the right [who are]
Verily, We have created them a special creation. And made them virgins,`Urub, Atrab. For those on the right.
The Ayat describe the women who will be on the beds and couches, but since mentioning the beds hints to them, they were not directly mentioned. For instance, Allah said that Sulayman said,
إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْعَشِىِّ الصَّـفِنَـتُ الْجِيَادُ
فَقَالَ إِنِّى أَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِى حَتَّى تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ
When there were displayed before him, in the afternoon, well-trained horses of the highest breed. He said, “I did love the good instead of remembering my Lord,” till the time was over, and it had hidden in the veil (of night). (38:31-32)
“it” (Tawarat) refers to the sun setting, according to the scholars of Tafsir.
Al-Akhfash said that Ayah,
إِنَّا أَنشَأْنَاهُنَّ
(Verily, We have created them),
implied the maidens of Paradise although it did not mention them directly.
Abu Ubaydah said that they were mentioned before in Allah’s statement,
وَحُورٌ عِينٌ
–
كَأَمْثَالِ اللُّوْلُوِ الْمَكْنُونِ
–
And Hur (fair females) with wide lovely eyes, like preserved pearls.
Therefore, Allah’s statement,
إِنَّا أَنشَأْنَاهُنَّ
(Verily, We have created them), meaning, in the other life, after they became old in this life, they were brought back while virgin, youthful, being delightfully passionate with their husbands, beautiful, kind and cheerful.
Abu Dawud At-Tayalisi recorded that Anas said that the Messenger of Allah said,
يُعْطَى الْمُوْمِنُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ قُوَّةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فِي النِّسَاء
In Paradise, the believer will be given such and such strength for women.
Anas said, “I asked, `O Allah’s Messenger! Will one be able to do that?’
He said,
يُعْطَى قُوَّةَ مِايَة
He will be given the strength of a hundred (men).”
At-Tirmidhi also recorded it and said, “Sahih Gharib.”
Abu Al-Qasim At-Tabarani recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah was asked,
“O Allah’s Messenger! Will we have sexual intercourse with our wives in Paradise”
He said,
إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَصِلُ فِي الْيَوْمِ إِلَى مِايَةِ عَذْرَاء
The man will be able to have sexual intercourse with a hundred virgins in one day.
Al-Hafiz Abu Abdullah Al-Maqdisi said,
“In my view, this Hadith meets the criteria of the Sahih, and Allah knows best.”
Allah’s statement,
عُرُبًا
(`Urub), Sa`id bin Jubayr reported that Ibn Abbas said,
“They are in an infatuated state with their husbands, haven’t you ever seen a she-camel in heat? She is like that.”
Ad-Dahhak reported from Ibn Abbas who said,
“The Urub and their husbands are their sweet hearts, and they are their husbands’ sweet hearts.”
Similar was said by Abdullah bin Sarjis, Mujahid, Ikrimah, Abu Al-Aliyah, Yahya bin Abi Kathir, Atiyah, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak and others.
Ad-Dahhak reported from Ibn `Abbas;
أَتْرَابًا
(Atrab), means
“They will be of one age, thirty-three years old.”
Mujahid said, “Equal (age).”
And in a different narration, “Similar (age)”
Atiyah said, “Comparative.”
Allah said,
لاِّأَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ
(For those on the right).
meaning, these women were created, kept or given in marriage to those on the right. It appears that the meaning here is that they were created for those on the right side, because Allah said,
إِنَّا أَنشَأْنَاهُنَّ إِنشَاء
–
فَجَعَلْنَاهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا
–
عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا
–
لاِّأَصْحَابِ الْيَمِين
–
Verily, We have created them a special creation. And made them virgins. `Urub, Atrab. For those on the right.
This is the view of Ibn Jarir.
It is possible that Allah’s statement,
لاِّأَصْحَابِ الْيَمِين
(For those on the right), refers to the description that came just before,
أَتْرَابًا
–
لاِّأَصْحَابِ الْيَمِين
Atrab. For those on the right. (meaning, in their age).
Al-Bukhari and Muslim recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said,
أَوَّلُ زُمْرَةٍ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ عَلَى صُورَةِ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ وَالَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ عَلَى ضَوْءِ أَشَدِّ كَوْكَبٍ دُرِّيَ فِي السَّمَاءِ إِضَاءَةً لَا يَبُولُونَ وَلَا يَتَغَوَّطُونَ وَلَا يَتْفُلُونَ وَلَا يَتَمَخَّطُونَ أَمْشَاطُهُمُ الذَّهَبُ وَرَشْحُهُمُ الْمِسْكُ وَمَجَامِرُهُمُ الاَْلُوَّةُ وَأَزْوَاجُهُمُ الْحُورُ الْعِينُ أَخْلَقُهُمْ عَلَى خُلُقِ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ عَلَى صُورَةِ أَبِيهِمْ ادَمَ سِتُّونَ ذِرَاعًا فِي السَّمَاء
The first group to enter Paradise will be (shining) like the moon when it is full. The next group will be like the most radiant planet in the sky. They will not urinate, relieve nature, spit or blow their noses. Their combs will be of gold and their sweat of musk; and censers of aloes wood will be used. Their wives will be from Al-Hur Al-`Ayn. Their shape will be similar to each other, the shape of their father `Adam, sixty cubits high in the sky.
Allah’s statement,
ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الاَْوَّلِينَ
56:39
ثُلَّۃٌ مِّنَ الۡاَوَّلِیۡنَ ﴿ۙ۳۹﴾
A company of the former peoples
وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الاْخِرِينَ
56:40
وَ ثُلَّۃٌ مِّنَ الۡاٰخِرِیۡنَ ﴿ؕ۴۰﴾
And a company of the later peoples.
A multitude of those will be from the first generation. And a multitude of those will be from the later generations.
means, a multitude of those on the right will come from the earlier generations and a multitude from the latter generations.
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Abdullah bin Mas`ud said,
“We were with the Prophet one night and in the next morning we went to him and he said,
عُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ الاَْنْبِيَاءُ وَأَتْبَاعُهَا بِأُمَمِهَا فَيَمُرُّ عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ وَالنَّبِيُّ فِي الْعِصَابَةِ وَالنَّبِيُّ فِي الثَّلَثَةِ وَالنَّبِيُّ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُ أَحَد
Some Prophets and their nations were displayed before me. A Prophet would pass in front of me with a group of men, and another with three men, and another with nobody with him.
Qatadah, one of the narrators of the Hadith, then recited this Ayah,
أَلَيْسَ مِنْكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَّشِيدٌ
Is there not among you a single right-minded man, (11:78)
حَتْى مَرَّ عَلَيَّ مُوْسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ فِي كَبْكَبَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَايِيل
Until Musa, son of `Imran passed me, with a great crowd from the Children of Israel.
So he said;
قُلْتُ رَبِّي مَنْ هذَا قَالَ هذَا أَخُوكَ مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُ مِنْ بَنِي إسْرَايِيل
قُلْتُ رَبِّ فَأَيْنَ أُمَّتِي
قَالَ انْظُرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ فِي الظِّرَاب
فَإِذَا وُجُوهُ الرِّجَال
قَالَ أَرَضِيتَ
قُلْتُ قَدْ رَضِيتُ رَب
انْظُرْ إِلَى الاُْفُقِ عَنْ يَسَارِكَ فَإِذَا وُجُوهُ الرِّجَال
أَرَضِيتَ
قُلْتُ قَدْ رَضِيتُ رَب
فَإِنَّ مَعَ هوُلَاإءِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ بِغَيْرِ حِسَاب
So, I asked my Lord, “Who is this”
He said, “This is your brother Musa, son of Imran, and those who followed him among the Children of Israel.”
I said, “O Lord! Where is my Ummah”
Allah said, “Look to your right on the hill,”
and I looked and saw faces of men.
Allah said, “Are you pleased,”
and I said, “I am pleased O Lord!”
Allah said, “Look to the horizon to your left,” and I saw faces of men.
He again asked, “Are you pleased,”
and I said, “I am pleased, O Lord!”
He said, “And with them are seventy-thousand who will enter Paradise without reckoning.”
Ukkashah bin Mihsan from Bani Asad, one of those who participated in the battle of Badr, said, `O Allah’s Messenger! Invoke Allah to make me one of them.’
The Prophet said,
اللْهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ مِنْهُم
O Allah, make him one of them.
Another man said, `O Allah’s Messenger, invoke Allah to make me one of them.’
The Prophet said,
سَبَقَكَ بِهَا عُكَّاشَة
Ukkashah beat you to it.
Allah’s Messenger said,
فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ فِدَاكُمْ أَبِي وَأُمِّي أَنْ تَكُونُوا مِنْ أَصْحَاب السَّبْعِينَ فَافْعَلُوا وَإِلاَّ فَكُونُوا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الظِّرَابِ وَإِلاَّ فَكُونُوا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الاْإُفُقِ فَإِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ نَاسًا كَثِيرًا قَدْ تَأَشَّبُوا حَوْلَه
Therefore, may I sacrifice my father and mother for you! Try to be among the seventy (thousands), or among the crowds on the right, or the crowds that covered the side of the horizon, because I saw large crowds gathering on that side.
He continued:
إِنِّي لَاَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا رُبُعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّة
I hope that you will be a fourth of the people of Paradise.
and we said, Allahu Akbar.
He said,
إِنِّي لَاَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا ثُلُثَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّة
I hope that you will be a third of the people of Paradise.
and we said, Allahu Akbar.
The Prophet said,
إِنِّي لَاَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا نِصْفَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّة
I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise,
and we said Allahu Akbar.
Then Allah’s Messenger recited this Ayah:
ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الاَْوَّلِينَ
–
وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الاْخِرِينَ
–
A multitude of those will be from the first generation. And a multitude of those will be from the later generations.
We said to each other, `Who are those seventy thousand?’
We then said, `They are those who were born in Islam and did not associate (anything or anyone in the worship of Allah).’
When what we said reached the Prophet, he said,
بَلْ هُمُ الَّذِينَ لَا يَكْتَوُونَ وَلَا يَسْتَرْقُونَ وَلَا يَتَطَيَّرُونَ وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُون
They are the people
– who do not get treated by cauterization themselves,
– do not ask for Ruqyah (get oneself treated by the recitation of some verses of the Qur`an) and
– do not draw an evil omen from (birds), but put their trust (only) in their Lord.”
This Hadith has many chains of narration collected in the Sahihs and other collections of Hadith
56:41
وَ اَصۡحٰبُ الشِّمَالِ ۬ۙ مَاۤ اَصۡحٰبُ الشِّمَالِ ﴿ؕ۴۱﴾
And the companions of the left – what are the companions of the left?
Those on the Left and Their Recompense
After Allah mentioned the condition of those on the right hand, He then mentioned the condition of those on the left hand,
وَأَصْحَابُ الشِّمَالِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الشِّمَالِ
And those on the left How will be those on the left,
meaning, `What is the condition of those on the left,’
then explains His statement, by saying
56:42
فِیۡ سَمُوۡمٍ وَّ حَمِیۡمٍ ﴿ۙ۴۲﴾
[They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water
فِي سَمُومٍ
in Samum, means, a fierce hot wind,
وَحَمِيمٍ
andHamim. i.e., boiling water,
وَظِلٍّ مِّن يَحْمُومٍ
56:43
وَّ ظِلٍّ مِّنۡ یَّحۡمُوۡمٍ ﴿ۙ۴۳﴾
And a shade of black smoke,
And a shadow from Yahmum,
the shadow of smoke, according to Ibn Abbas, Mujahid, Ikrimah, Abu Salih, Qatadah, As-Suddi and others.
In a similar statement, Allah said,
انطَلِقُواْ إِلَى مَا كُنتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ انطَلِقُواْ إِلَى ظِلٍّ ذِى ثَلَـثِ شُعَبٍ لاَّ ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ اللَّهَبِ إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍ كَالْقَصْرِ كَأَنَّهُ جِمَـلَةٌ صُفْرٌ
–
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَيِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
“Depart you to that which you used to deny! Depart you to a shadow in three columns, neither shady nor of any use against the fierce flame of the Fire.” Verily, it throws sparks like fortresses, as if they were yellow camels or bundles of ropes. Woe that Day to the deniers. (77:29-34).
Allah said in this Ayah,
وَظِلٍّ مِّن يَحْمُومٍ
(And a shadow from Yahmum), meaning, black smoke,
لاَّا بَارِدٍ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ
56:44
لَّا بَارِدٍ وَّ لَا کَرِیۡمٍ ﴿۴۴﴾
Neither cool nor beneficial.
Neither Barid nor Karim,
means, it neither brings soft, cool breeze nor appears clear.
Al-Hasan and Qatadah commented on Allah’s statement,
وَلَا كَرِيمٍ
(nor Karim),
“Its sight is not pleasant.”
Ad-Dahhak said,
“Every drink that is not fresh, is not Karim (pleasant).
Then, Allah the Exalted stated that they deserve this end,
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ
56:45
اِنَّہُمۡ کَانُوۡا قَبۡلَ ذٰلِکَ مُتۡرَفِیۡنَ ﴿ۚۖ۴۵﴾
Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,
Verily, before that, they indulged in luxury,
meaning, in the life of the world, they were enjoying life’s pleasures and satisfying their lusts, all the while ignoring what the Messengers brought to them
56:46
وَ کَانُوۡا یُصِرُّوۡنَ عَلَی الۡحِنۡثِ الۡعَظِیۡمِ ﴿ۚ۴۶﴾
And they used to persist in the great violation,
وَكَانُوا يُصِرُّونَ
And were persisting,
means, they persisted and did not intend to repent,
عَلَى الْحِنثِ الْعَظِيمِ
in great sin.
in disbelief in Allah and claiming that the idols and rivals were gods besides Allah.
It means idolatry, according to Ibn Abbas.
This is also the meaning reported from Mujahid, Ikrimah, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, As-Suddi and others.
Allah said,
وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ أَيِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَيِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
56:47
وَ کَانُوۡا یَقُوۡلُوۡنَ ۬ۙ اَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَ کُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّ عِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوۡثُوۡنَ ﴿ۙ۴۷﴾
And they used to say, “When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
أَوَ ابَاوُنَا الاَْوَّلُونَ
56:48
اَوَ اٰبَآؤُنَا الۡاَوَّلُوۡنَ ﴿۴۸﴾
And our forefathers [as well]?”
And they used to say:”When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be resurrected? And also our forefathers?”
They said this while denying and rejecting the idea that resurrection will ever occur.
Allah the Exalted said,
قُلْ إِنَّ الاَْوَّلِينَ وَالاْخِرِينَ
56:49
قُلۡ اِنَّ الۡاَوَّلِیۡنَ وَ الۡاٰخِرِیۡنَ ﴿ۙ۴۹﴾
Say, [O Muhammad], “Indeed, the former and the later peoples
لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَى مِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
56:50
لَمَجۡمُوۡعُوۡنَ ۬ۙ اِلٰی مِیۡقَاتِ یَوۡمٍ مَّعۡلُوۡمٍ ﴿۵۰﴾
Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day.”
Say:
“(Yes) verily, those of old, and those of later times. All will surely be gathered together for appointed meeting of a known Day.”
meaning, `Say, O Muhammad, that the earlier and latter generations of the Children of Adam will be gathered for the Day of Resurrection and none of them will be left out.
Allah the Exalted said:
ذلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّجْمُوعٌ لَّهُ النَّاسُ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّشْهُودٌ
وَمَا نُوَخِّرُهُ إِلاَّ لاًّجَلٍ مَّعْدُودٍ
يَوْمَ يَأْتِ لَا تَكَلَّمُ نَفْسٌ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِىٌّ وَسَعِيدٌ
That is a Day whereon mankind will be gathered together, and that is a Day when all will be present. And We delay it only for a term fixed. On the Day when it comes, no person shall speak except by His leave. Some among them will be wretched and (others) blessed. (11:103-105)
He also said here,
لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَى مِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُوم
All will surely be gathered together for appointed meeting of a known Day.
because that time is precisely designated and will not come late, early, nor increase or decrease.
Allah said,
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا الضَّالُّونَ الْمُكَذِّبُونَ
56:51
ثُمَّ اِنَّکُمۡ اَیُّہَا الضَّآلُّوۡنَ الۡمُکَذِّبُوۡنَ ﴿ۙ۵۱﴾
Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,
لَااكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍ مِّن زَقُّومٍ
56:52
لَاٰکِلُوۡنَ مِنۡ شَجَرٍ مِّنۡ زَقُّوۡمٍ ﴿ۙ۵۲﴾
Will be eating from trees of zaqqum
فَمَالِوُونَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَ
56:53
فَمَالِـُٔوۡنَ مِنۡہَا الۡبُطُوۡنَ ﴿ۚ۵۳﴾
And filling with it your bellies
Then verily, — you the erring-ones, the deniers! You verily, will eat of the trees of Zaqqum. Then you will fill your bellies therewith.
indicating that they will be seized and made to eat from the Zaqqum tree until their stomachs become full,
فَشَارِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْحَمِيمِ
56:54
فَشٰرِبُوۡنَ عَلَیۡہِ مِنَ الۡحَمِیۡمِ ﴿ۚ۵۴﴾
And drinking on top of it from scalding water
فَشَارِبُونَ شُرْبَ الْهِيمِ
56:55
فَشٰرِبُوۡنَ شُرۡبَ الۡہِیۡمِ ﴿ؕ۵۵﴾
And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.
And drink the Hamim on top of it. And you will drink (that) like Al-Him!
Hamim is boiling water, while Al-Him means thirsty camels, according to Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr and Ikrimah.
As-Suddi said
“Al-Him is a disease that strikes camels, causing them to feel thirst, and they drink until they die.”
Therefore, he said, the people of Hell, will never quench their thirst from drinking Hamim.
Allah, the Exalted, said,
هَذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ الدِّينِ
56:56
ہٰذَا نُزُلُہُمۡ یَوۡمَ الدِّیۡنِ ﴿ؕ۵۶﴾
That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.
That will be their entertainment on the Day of Recompense!
`this, what We have described, is their entertainment with their Lord on the Day of their Reckoning.’
Allah the Exalted said in the case of the believers,
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَاتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّـتُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلاً
Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, shall have the Gardens of Al-Firdaws (Paradise) for their entertainment. (18:107),
i.e., hospitality and honor
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