Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Hijr, Ayah 24
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Tafsir
(And verily We know the eager among you) i.e. those who have died of your fathers and mothers; it is also said that this means: those who come forward to the first line (and verily We know the laggards) those who are still alive among their sons and daughter; it is also said that this means: those who withdraw to the last line.
Related Hadiths
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"The best of people are my generation, then those who follow them. Then, after them a people will come who increase in fatness, loving fatness, giving testimony before they are asked for it."
The best generation of this Umma is the generation to which I have been sent, then the next one, and there is an addition in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Abu 'Awana (and the words are): ...
‘Amr bin Ubayd narrated to us before what happened’ .
‘Jābir bin Yazīd narrated to us before there took place what happened ’.
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Of the generation to which I belong, then of the second generation (generation adjacent to my generation), then of the third generation (generation adjacent to the second generation).
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
And verily We know the predecessors among you that is those creatures from Adam who have already passed and verily We know the successors those who will come afterwards until the Day of Resurrection.