The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 166
CH. 55 AR-RAHMAN PT. 27 53. Therein will be every kind of fruit in pairs". 4077 54. Which, then, of the favours of your Lord will you twain deny? the 55. They will recline couches over carpets," linings of which will be of thick brocade. And the ripe fruit of the two Gardens will be within easy reach. 4078 56. Which, then, of the favours of your Lord will you twain deny? فِيُهِمَا مِنْ كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجُنِ فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّ بْنِ مُتَكِيْنَ عَلَى فُرُشٍ بَطَابِنُهَا مِنْ اسْتَبْرَقٍ وَجَنَا الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانِ فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّ بْنِ "44:56; 52:23; 56:21. 18:32; 52:21; 76:14; 83:24. believers had fully and faithfully discharged in this life. The discharge of these two obligations would assume the form of two fountains in the Hereafter. As a true believer ceaselessly continues to discharge these obligations, the fountains have been depicted as constantly flowing. 4077. Commentary: Again the word (pairs) may spiritually represent two kinds of righteous works of the believers -(1) those they had done for their own spiritual advancement and (2) those services which they had rendered to their fellow beings. 4078. Important Words: (ripe fruits) is derived from They say i. e. he gathered or plucked the fruit from the tree while it was fresh. means, he acquired eminence or nobility. means, 3062 b whatever is gathered or plucked from the tree while fresh; fruit just gathered or plucked; fruit ready to be plucked; ripe fruit (Lane). Commentary: Three times the words "two Gardens" have been used in this Surah. This is to emphasize that apart from the great blessings and boons of Paradise in the next world, true believers will have all the good things of this world also. The Surah was revealed early at Mecca when only a few persons had accepted Islam and even those few were very poor and without worldly means and were being harried and harassed and most of them had to take refuge in Abyssinia from the bitter persecution of the Quraish. It was then that the promise was made to them that one day they would recline on couches placed on rich carpets. This Divine