Verses 39–66
55. Ar-Rahmaan · The Beneficent
Madinan78 verses
فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌۭ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ
55:39On that day neither humans will be questioned about their sins nor jinn.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:40So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ
55:41The guilty will be recognized by their mark; so they will be seized by their forelocks and feet.1
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:42So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
55:43‘This is the hell which the guilty would deny!’
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍۢ
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:45So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
55:46For him who stands in awe of his Lord will be two gardens.34
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:47So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍۢ
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:49So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
55:50In both of them will be two flowing springs.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:51So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍۢ زَوْجَانِ
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:53So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍۢ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍۢ
55:54[They will be] reclining on beds lined with green silk. And the fruit of the two gardens will be near at hand.789
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:55So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ
55:56In them are maidens of restrained glances, whom no human has touched before, nor jinn.10
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:57So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
55:58As though they were rubies and corals.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:59So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَٰنُ
55:60Is the requital of goodness anything but goodness?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:61So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:63So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:65So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
Tafsir
Commentary on this passage
Verse 41
1.There is no doubt that the day of Qiyamat is the day of question-answer and accounting. But some offenders are such, to whom there is no necessity of question-answer and their crime is evident. Or the question-answer is just one interpretation. The condition of man will be visible from his face itself. Otherwise who has the courage to answer the questions. The situation of everyone is evident and everyone has the feeling and confession of his crime. The job of angels is that they apprehend and tie the head with legs and throw in hell face down and then pull and ask: Where has gone that pride and position on the basis of which you were denying the greatness of Allah and HIS blessings and the horror of Qiyamat?
Verse 46
2.This is the other side of the picture where the virtuous servants of Allah, who at the time of every act were keeping mind, that Allah is present and looking. They will be given reward for that act. And according to the status, he will be allotted the favours of blessings of gardens of paradise and flowers and streams and canals. And in their control all the divine blessings will be there resembling the blessings he had abandoned only for the sake of restriction of Allah.
Verse 60
3.Every virtuous act which is really virtuous in the eyes of the Lord is worth being called as virtuous, that is an obligation, so He can receive reward for that. Otherwise there is no value to the virtues which are just imaginary. “Hal Jaza-ul Ahsan Illal-Ahsan” is a rational as well as a religious law and intelligent people also confess this, that compensation (reward) for a virtue cannot be anything but goodness. And the command of Islamic Jurisprudence is also this, that if a person behaves with you in goodness, then reply to him with goodness only. Although the evil people did not care for this law also and the one doing favour like Allah with him also they did not behave in a good manner and they kept away from His worship. Rather they also denied His existence.
Footnotes
Explanations of words and phrases in these verses
Benefit
Trees imply material and spiritual Paradise and it is also possible that one is by way of right and other is by way of favour and additional bounty and from the same gardens we can solve the problems of springs and fruits.
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Nawasi - Plural of Nasiyah, that is forehead.
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Hameem - Boiling hot water.
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Maqaame Rabb - To be present before Allah or the thought that one would have to present oneself before Allah.
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Jannataan - Two gardens.
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Afnaan - Big fruit laden branches.
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Zawjaan - Pairs of fruits.
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Istabraq - Thick silk cloth.
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Jana - Fruit.
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Daan - Near
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Qasiraatul Tarf - Women who confine their glances to their husbands and do not even cast a glance on others.
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Mindoonehima Jannataan - There are two more gardens which are slightly less than the former ones and these are for those who have actions of lower grade.
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Mudha Mataan - They are so dark green that they seem to be black.
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Nazzakhataan - Overflowing springs. The springs of the previous additional to the bounties of the previous gardens. According to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) two Jannats are of silver and two of gold. Then there are different grades in it. The springs and the fruits depend upon the grade of the gardens. The mention of fruits indicated that the main food of Paradise will be fruits and they are of two types, hot, like dates and cold like pomegranate.