The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3)

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CH. 16 AN-NAHL PT. 14 الْأَنْهرُ لَهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَاءُونَ كَذلِكَ streams. They will have therein يَجْزِى اللهُ الْمُتَّقِينَ لا what they wish for. Thus does Allah reward the righteous, 1833 الَّذِيْنَ تَتَوَفَّهُمُ الْمَلَيْكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ Those whom the angels. 33 cause to die while they are pure. Enter Heaven because of what يَقُولُونَ سَلمٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا !They say: Peace be unto you كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ you used to do. '1834 هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْمَلكَةُ What do they wait for. 34 except that the angels should اَوْ يَأْتِي أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ كَذلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذِينَ come upon them or that the decree of thy Lord should come مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَ مَا ظَلَمَهُمُ اللهُ to pass? So did those who were وَلكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ ) before them. Allah did not wrong them, but they used to wrong themselves. 1835 "10:11; 13:25; 36:59; 39:74. 2:211; 6:159; 7:54. 9:70; 16:119; 29:41; 30:10. 1833. Commentary: Gardens of) جنات عدن The words eternity) signify that the abode of the righteous will be ✗i. e. ideal and perfect. It will necessarily everlasting, for it is only the defective things that perish. For the meaning of. 9:72 see جنات عدن be The clause, through them flow streams, should not be understood to mean that streams will flow through those gardens, for the mere flowing of streams might sometime prove a source of trouble. What is meant here is that the streams will be under the complete control of the Faithful. The words, they will have therein what they wish for, mean that (1) they will be masters of those gardens and 1668 will enjoy perfect freedom and there will be none to rule over them; (2) they will be given whatever they may desire; i. e. their desires will become identified with God's will, so they will desire only those things which it will be the will of God to give to them. 1834. Commentary: It may be noted here that whereas, as mentioned in verse 29, disbelievers will be the first to make overtures of submission at the appearance of the angels of death, in the case of the righteous it is the angels themselves who will receive them with the salutation of peace. 1835. Commentary: The expressions, "the coming of