The Reward of the Servants of the Most Gracious, and a Warning to the People of Makkah
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Those they will be rewarded with the sublime abode the highest degree in Paradise forasmuch as they were steadfast in obedience to God and they will be met read yulaqqawna or yalqawna therein in this ...
abiding therein. Excellent is it as an abode and station as a place of residence for them ūlā’ika ‘those they …’ and what comes after it constitute the predicate to the subject ‘ibādu’l-rahmāni ‘the s...
Say O Muhammad (s) to the people of Mecca ‘My Lord would not be concerned with you mā is for negation were it not for your supplications to Him when you are in adversity which He then removes. But why...
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When one of you makes a supplication (to his Lord) one should not say: O Allah, grant me pardon, if Thou so likest, but one should beg one's (Lord) with a will and full devotion, for there is nothing ...
The Prophet said: “The supplication, is worship.” Then he recited: And Your Lord said: “Call upon me, I will respond to you. Verily, those who scorn My worship, they will surely enter Hell humiliated....
None of you should say to Allah (like this): O Allah, grant me mercy, if thou so likest. The supplication (of his) should (be permeated with) conviction (that it would be accepted by the Lord), for Al...
Don't you know what your Lord said? He observed: I have never endowed My bondsmen with a favor, but a section amongst them disbelieved it and said: Stars, it was due to the stars.
the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: "Indeed the supplication is the worship." Then he recited: "And your Lord said: Invoke Me, I will respond to you."
The supplication of one of you is granted if he does not grow impatient and say- I supplicated my Lord but it was not granted.
"One of you should not say (in his supplication): O Allah, forgive me if You please, show mercy to me if You please.' Rather, be firm in your asking, for no one can force Him."
When one of you makes supplication, he should supplicate with a will and should not say: O Allah, confer upon me if Thou likest, for there is none to coerce Allah.
" They will share with you the reward (for Jihad)."
If you were not (to abandon) the burying of the dead (in the grave), I would have certainly supplicated Allah that He should make you listen the torment of the grave.
Ibn Kathir Commentary
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The Reward of the Servants of the Most Gracious, and a Warning to the People of Makkah
After mentioning the beautiful attributes of His believing servants, and their fine words and deeds, Allah then says:
أُوْلَـئِكَ
(Those) meaning, the people who are described in this manner,
يُجْزَوْنَ
(will be rewarded) on the Day of Resurrection,
الْغُرْفَةَ
(with the highest place), which is Paradise. Abu Ja`far Al-Baqir, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak and As-Suddi said, "It was so called because of its elevation."
بِمَا صَبَرُواْ
(because of their patience.) means, their patience in doing what they did.
وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا
(Therein they shall be met) means, in Paradise.
تَحِيَّةً وَسَلَـماً
(with greetings and the word of peace and respect.) This means that they will be greeted first with words of welcome and honor. Peace will be theirs and they will be wished peace. And angels shall enter unto them from every gate, saying, "Peace be upon you for that you persevered in patience! Excellent indeed is the final home!"
خَـلِدِينَ فِيهَآ
(Abiding therein) means, they will settle there and never leave or move or die, they will never exit or wish to move to somewhere else. This is like the Ayah,
وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ سُعِدُواْ فَفِى الْجَنَّةِ خَـلِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَـوَتُ وَالاٌّرْضُ
(And those who are blessed, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure) (11:108).
حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَرّاً وَمُقَاماً
(excellent it is as an abode, and as a place to rest in.) Its appearance is beautiful and it is a good place in which to rest and to dwell. Then Allah says:
قُلْ مَا يَعْبَؤُا بِكُمْ رَبِّى
(Say: "My Lord pays attention to you only because of your invocation to Him...") meaning, He would not care to pay attention to you if you did not worship Him, for He only created mankind to worship Him Alone and to glorify Him morning and evening. His saying:
فَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ
(But now you have indeed denied. ) "O you disbelievers."
فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَاماً
(So the torment will be yours forever.) So your denial will remain with you forever, i.e., it will lead to your punishment, doom and destruction in this world and the Hereafter. This also refers to the day of Badr, as it was interpreted by `Abdullah bin Mas`ud, Ubayy bin Ka`b, Muhammad bin Ka`b Al-Qurazi, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, As-Suddi and others.
فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَاماً
(So the torment will be yours forever.) Al-Hasan Al-Basri said: "The Day of Resurrection." And there is no conflict between the two interpretations. This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Furqan, all praise and thanks are due to Allah.