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PT. 30 عَلَى الْأَرَابِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ CH. 83 AT-TAṬFIF 24. "Seated gazing. 4635 on couches, ® تَعْرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ النَّعِيمِ Thou will find in their faces. 25 يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَّحِيقٍ مختوم the freshness of Bliss. b 26. They will be given to drink of a pure beverage, sealed. 4636 خِتُمُهُ مِسْكَ ۖ وَفِي ذَلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ The sealing of it will be with. 27 musk for this let the aspirants aspire- 28. And it will be tempered with the water of Tasnim, 4637 29. A spring of which the chosen ones will drink. 4638 30. Those who الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ وَ مِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمة عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُوْنَ اِنَّ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا كَانُوْا مِنَ الَّذِينَ were guilty امَنُوا يَضْحَكُونَ used to laugh at those who believed;46 4639 a15:48; 18:32; 36:57; 76:14. b75:23; 76:12. 23:111. 4635. Commentary: Sinners will not be able to see the face of God, but the righteous believers will be granted the favour of having a view of the Divine Being. 4636. Important Words: (pure beverage) means, the oldest, choicest, sweetest, most excellent of wine; wine easy to swallow; honey; a sort of perfume. means, unadulterated musk (Lane). 4637. Important Words: (tasnīm) is inf. noun from w (sannama). They sayi. e. he ,means سنم فلان الاناء. raised the thing such a one filled the vessel. is taken to be a fountain in Paradise; the water coming from above: knowledge of God. Figuratively, it means, the Word of God. Commentary: If (pure beverage) be taken as referring to the Quran, are revelations that are sent down to the Chosen Ones of God the righteous followers of the Holy Prophet. 4638. Commentary: The Chosen Ones of God, from among the Holy Prophet's followers, I will be made to drink deep at the fountain of Divine realization that God will cause to flow. 4639. Commentary: The verse means that disbelievers used to laugh in their sleeves at the 3338