Muhammad, verse 15
مَّثَلُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِى وُعِدَ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ۖ فِيهَآ أَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّن مَّآءٍ غَيْرِ ءَاسِنٍ وَأَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّن لَّبَنٍ لَّمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ طَعْمُهُۥ وَأَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّنْ خَمْرٍ لَّذَّةٍ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ وَأَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّنْ عَسَلٍ مُّصَفًّى ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ كَمَنْ هُوَ خَـٰلِدٌ فِى ٱلنَّارِ وَسُقُوا۟ مَآءً حَمِيمًا فَقَطَّعَ أَمْعَآءَهُمْ
Here is a picture of the Garden promised to the pious: rivers of water forever pure, rivers of milk forever fresh, rivers of wine, a delight for those who drink, rivers of honey clarified and pure, [all] flow in it; there they will find fruit of every kind; and they will find forgiveness from their Lord. How can this be compared to the fate of those stuck in the Fire, given boiling water to drink that tears their bowels?
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 47:14.
The Worshipper of the Truth and the Worshipper of Lust are not Equal Allah says: أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِ (Can then he, who stands on clear evidence from his Lord...) This means a person who is upon clear vision and certainty concerning Allah's commands and His religion, because of the guidance and knowledge that Allah has revealed in His Book, and because of the pure nature upon which Allah has created him. كَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُوءُ عَمَلِهِ وَاتَّبَعُواْ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ ((Can he) be likened to those for whom their evil deeds are beautified for them, while they follow their…
Around this verse
- Verse 13 وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ هِىَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِّن قَرْيَتِكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَتْكَ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ We have destroyed many a town stronger than your own [Prophet]- the town which [chose to] expel you- and they had no one to help them.
- Verse 14 أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ كَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُم Can those who follow clear proof from their Lord be compared to those whose foul deeds are made to seem alluring to them, those who follow their own desires?
- Verse 15
- Verse 16 وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا خَرَجُوا۟ مِنْ عِندِكَ قَالُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ مَاذَا قَالَ ءَانِفًا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ Some of these people listen to you [Prophet], but, once they leave your presence, they sneer at those who have been given knowledge, saying, ‘What was that he just said?’ These are the ones whose hearts God has sealed, those who follow their own desires.
- Verse 17 وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱهْتَدَوْا۟ زَادَهُمْ هُدًى وَءَاتَىٰهُمْ تَقْوَىٰهُمْ God has increased the guidance of those who follow the right path, and given them their awareness [of Him].
Roots in this verse
- مثل mīm thā lām
- جنن jīm nūn nūn
- وعد wāw ʿayn dāl
- وقي wāw qāf yā
- نهر nūn hā rā
- موه mīm wāw hā
- غير ghayn yā rā
- اسن alif sīn nūn
- لبن lām bā nūn
- طعم ṭā ʿayn mīm
- خمر khā mīm rā
- لذذ lām dhāl dhāl
- شرب shīn rā bā
- عسل ʿayn sīn lām
- صفو ṣād fā wāw
- كلل kāf lām lām
- ثمر thā mīm rā
- غفر ghayn fā rā
- ربب rā bā bā
- خلد khā lām dāl
- نور nūn wāw rā
- سقي sīn qāf yā
- حمم ḥā mīm mīm
- قطع qāf ṭā ʿayn
- معي mīm ʿayn yā
Themes of this verse
- Alcohol الخمر
- Body Parts أجزاء الجسم
- Drink الشراب
- Eternal الخلد
- Example المثل
- Heaven الجنة
- Hell جهنم
- Hell (the fire, the blazing flame)
- Honey عسل
- Human Body الجسم الإسناني
- Intestine أمعاء
- Intoxicants المسكرات
- Milk لبن
- Parable المثل
- Paradise الجنة
- Piety التقوى
- Pious المتقين
- River النهر
- rivers of honey, milk, water, and wine
- Water الماء
- Wine خمر