Surah 47. Muhammad, Ayah 15
| مَثَلُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّتِي وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُونَ ۖ فِيهَا أَنْهَارٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ غَيْرِ آسِنٍ وَأَنْهَارٌ مِنْ لَبَنٍ لَمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ طَعْمُهُ وَأَنْهَارٌ مِنْ خَمْرٍ لَذَّةٍ لِلشَّارِبِينَ وَأَنْهَارٌ مِنْ عَسَلٍ مُصَفًّى ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ ۖ كَمَنْ هُوَ خَالِدٌ فِي النَّارِ وَسُقُوا مَاءً حَمِيمًا فَقَطَّعَ أَمْعَاءَهُمْ |
| Transliteration | : | mathal al- jannah 'allate wucida al- muttaqon fe -haa anhaar min maa' ghayr 'aasin wa- anhaar min laban lam yataghayyar t.acm -hu wa- anhaar min khamr ladhdhah li- ash- shaariben wa- anhaar min casal mus.affa(n) wa- la- -hum fe -haa min kull ath- thamaraat wa- maghfirah min rabb -him ka- man huwa khaalid fe an- naar wa- suqo maa' h.amem(an) fa- qat.t.aca amcaa' -hum |
| Pickthall | : | A similitude of the Garden which those who keep their duty (to Allah) are promised: Therein are rivers of water unpolluted, and rivers of milk whereof the flavor changeth not, and rivers of wine delicious to the drinkers, and rivers of clear run honey; therein for them is every kind of fruit, with pardon from their Lord. (Are those who enjoy all this) like those who are immortal in the Fire and are given boiling water to drink so that it teareth their bowels? |
| Asad | : | [And can] the parable of the paradise which the God-conscious are promised13 - [a paradise] where in there are rivers of water which time does not corrupt, and rivers of milk the taste whereof never alters, and rivers of wine delightful to those who drink it,14 and rivers of honey of all impurity cleansed, and the enjoyment15 of all the fruits [of their good deeds] and of forgiveness from their Sustainer -: can this [parable of paradise] be likened unto [the parable of the recompense of16] such as are to abide in the fire and be given waters of burning despair17 to drink, so that it will tear their bowels asunder? |
| Malik | : | Here is the parable of the paradise which the righteous have been promised: it has rivers the water of which will never be stagnant, rivers of milk whose taste never changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of honey pure and clear. In it they will have all kinds of fruits, as well as forgiveness from their Rabb. Can such people be compared to those who shall dwell in hell forever, and they will be given scalding water which will cut their intestines into pieces? |
| Yusuf Ali | : | (Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible: rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of wine a joy to those who drink; and rivers of honey pure and clear. In it there are for them all kinds of fruits and Grace from their Lord. (Can those in such Bliss) be compared to such as shall dwell for ever in the Fire and be given to drink boiling water so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)? 4833 4834 4835 4836 |
Note - 13My rendering of this verse is based in its entirety on
the grammatical construction given to it by Zamakhshari
and supported by Razi. In this construction, the
parabolic description of paradise - beginning with the
phrase "wherein there are rivers...", etc., and ending
with the words "and forgiveness from their Sustainer" -
is a parenthetic passage (jumlah muttaridah). As for the
term "parable" (mathnal) itself, it is undoubtedly meant
to impress upon those who read or listen to the Qur'an
that its descriptions of life in the hereafter are purely
allegorical: see in this connection Zamakhshari's
explicit remarks cited in note [65] on 13:35.
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Note - 14Cf. {37:45-47}, especially verse {47}: "no headiness will
there be in it, and they will not get drunk thereon".
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Note - 15Lit., "and wherein they [i.e., the God-conscious] will
have. . .", etc.
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Note - 16This interpolation reproduces literally Zamakhshari's
explanation of the above ellipticism.
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Note - 17Lit., "exceedingly hot [or "boiling"] water". For an
explanation of this metaphor, see note [62] on 6:70.
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Note - 4833In this description there are four kinds of drinks and
all kinds of fruits; and the summing up of all delights
in the "Forgiveness from their Lord". The four kinds of
drinks are: (1) delicious, cool, pure water, not like
earthly water, for it never suffers corruption; (2) milk
which never turns Sour, whose taste is like that of fresh
warm milk drawn from the udder; (3) wine, not like any
wine on earth, for it leaves no headaches behind, and
causes no intoxication, which is a kind of madness or
poison, but is ever a joy to drink; and (4) honey, pure
and clear, with no admixture of wax or any foreign
substance. These drinks, will cool the spirit, feed the
heart, warm the affections, and sweeten life.
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Note - 4834See n. 4671 to xliii. 73.
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Note - 4835Forgiveness from their Lord: that is the covering up or
blotting out of sin and all that was sad or
unsatisfactory in the lower life; the pure Light from the
Countenance of Allah Most High: xcii. 20.
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Note - 4836Cf. xxxvii. 66-67, and n. 4074. Just as the Bliss of the
Blessed will penetrate their being through and through,
so the agony of the condemned ones will penetrate their
being through and through.
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My rendering of this verse is based in its entirety on the grammatical construction given to it by Zamakhshari and supported by Razi. In this construction, the parabolic description of paradise - beginning with the phrase "wherein there are rivers...", etc., and ending with the words "and forgiveness from their Sustainer" - is a parenthetic passage (jumlah muttaridah). As for the term "parable" (mathnal) itself, it is undoubtedly meant to impress upon those who read or listen to the Qur'an that its descriptions of life in the hereafter are purely allegorical: see in this connection Zamakhshari's explicit remarks cited in note [65] on 13:35. |
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Cf. {37:45-47}, especially verse {47}: "no headiness will there be in it, and they will not get drunk thereon". |
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This interpolation reproduces literally Zamakhshari's explanation of the above ellipticism. |
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Lit., "exceedingly hot [or "boiling"] water". For an explanation of this metaphor, see note [62] on 6:70. |
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In this description there are four kinds of drinks and all kinds of fruits; and the summing up of all delights in the "Forgiveness from their Lord". The four kinds of drinks are: (1) delicious, cool, pure water, not like earthly water, for it never suffers corruption; (2) milk which never turns Sour, whose taste is like that of fresh warm milk drawn from the udder; (3) wine, not like any wine on earth, for it leaves no headaches behind, and causes no intoxication, which is a kind of madness or poison, but is ever a joy to drink; and (4) honey, pure and clear, with no admixture of wax or any foreign substance. These drinks, will cool the spirit, feed the heart, warm the affections, and sweeten life. |
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Forgiveness from their Lord: that is the covering up or blotting out of sin and all that was sad or unsatisfactory in the lower life; the pure Light from the Countenance of Allah Most High: xcii. 20. |
