The Ranks (Al-Saffat)
Verses 62-74 GROUP_1169 37.62-74
61
لِمِثْلِ هَذَا فَلْيَعْمَلْ الْعَامِلُونَ
It is for the like of this that all should strive.
62
أَذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّومِ
Is that better by way of hospitality or the Zaqqum tree,
63
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّالِمِينَ
which We have made as a test for the wrongdoers.
64
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِي أَصْلِ الْجَحِيمِ
For it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hellfire:
65
طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُ رُؤُوسُ الشَّيَاطِينِ
and its fruits are like devils’ heads.
66
فَإِنَّهُمْ لَآكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِؤُونَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُونَ
They will eat from it and fill their bellies with it;
67
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ
then in addition to it they shall have a draught of boiling water to drink;
68
ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى الْجَحِيمِ
then surely they shall return to Hell.
69
إِنَّهُمْ أَلْفَوْا آبَاءهُمْ ضَالِّينَ
They found their fathers had gone astray;
70
فَهُمْ عَلَى آثَارِهِمْ يُهْرَعُونَ
so they are rushing to follow in their footsteps.
71
وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
And assuredly many of the ancients went astray before them,
72
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ
though We had sent warners among them.
73
فَانظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُنذَرِينَ
See how those who were warned met their end!
74
إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ
Not so the chosen servants of God.
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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.