The Ranks (Al-Saffat)
Verses 50-61 GROUP_1168 37.50-61
50
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَسَاءلُونَ
They will turn to one another with questions:
51
قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي قَرِينٌ
one of them will say, ‘I had a friend,
52
يَقُولُ أَئِنَّكَ لَمِنْ الْمُصَدِّقِينَ
who used to ask, “Do you really believe that
53
أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَئِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
after we die and become dust and bones, we shall be brought to judgement?’’’
54
قَالَ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ
Then he will say, ‘Shall we look for him?’
55
فَاطَّلَعَ فَرَآهُ فِي سَوَاء الْجَحِيمِ
Then he will look and see him in the midst of the Fire.
56
قَالَ تَاللَّهِ إِنْ كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ
He will say, ‘By God! You almost brought me to ruin!
57
وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ
If it had not been for the blessing of my Lord, I would also have been taken to Hell.’
58
أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ
Then he will say [to his blessed companions], ‘Are we not going to die,
59
إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا الْأُولَى وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
except for our first death? Are we not going to be punished?
60
إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Truly, this is a great victory!’
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Commentary
(a) Paradise will be a world of aesthetic and noble activity. There will be interesting meetings; there will be enjoyable experiences; intellectually stimulating conversations and all kinds of limitations and unpleasantness will have come to an end. Believing in the Hereafter does not mean a simple acceptance of it but rather considering the existence of the Hereafter as so very real and so very important that its concept should prevail over one’s entire life and one should be prepared to risk one’s all for its sake. Those who had thought of believers who were ever conscious of the Hereafter as being mad will be wonderstruck on seeing their success in the Hereafter. On the other hand, the believers in the Hereafter themselves will be surprised to see their own glory, finding it difficult to believe that God could have rewarded them so generously for their small acts of goodness. How strange is one who does not pine for such a heaven and who does not perform such deeds as will help him achieve it.