Verse. 5807

٨١ - ٱلتَّكْوِير

81 - At-Takweer

وَاِذَا النُّفُوْسُ زُوِّجَتْ۝۷۠ۙ
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

English

Ahmed Ali

When souls are reunited (with the bodies)

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (and when souls are reunited) in pairs; it is also said this means: when souls are reunited with their companions: the believer with the maiden of paradise and the disbeliever with satan; the righteous with the righteous and the sinful with the sinful,

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : and when the souls are coupled, [when they are] paired up with their bodies;

Sahl al-Tustari

تفسير : and when souls are coupled.it has been said that the souls of the believers will be joined with the dark-eyed maidens of paradise [houris], while the souls of the disbelievers will be joined with devils. the disbeliever (kāfir) and the devil (shayṭān) will be coupled together with a single chain. in this verse there is a cautioning against taking evil companions (quranāʾ al-sūʾ).sahl said:the natural self and spiritual self will be joined together and will be mingled in [their partaking of] the bliss of paradise inasmuch as they were allied in this world in keeping remembrance constantly (idāmat al-dhikr) and upholding a state of gratitude (iqāmat al-shukr). his words, exalted is he: