Verse. 5980

٨٨ - ٱلْغَاشِيَة

88 - Al-Ghashiya

فِيْہَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوْعَۃٌ۝۱۳ۙ
Feeha sururun marfooAAatun

English

Ahmed Ali

And within it are couches placed on high,

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (wherein) in paradise (are couches raised) in the air for as long as its owners are away; it is also said that they are raised for its people.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : therein are lofty couches, [lofty] in terms of their essence, their size and [physical] location,

Sahl al-Tustari

تفسير : and therein are raised couches,that is, raised beds, upon each of which are seventy mattresses (firāsh) each as lofty as a high palace (ghurfa) of this world. sahl said:god, exalted is he, mentioned these bounties to make it [paradise] enticing for them. while he warns them that his punishment is in proportion to his authority (sulṭān), [he also informs them that] his generosity (karāma) is in proportion to his tremendousness (ʿaẓīm al-shaʾn) and authority (sulṭān). however, the hearts of the disbelievers in mecca did not benefit fromthis, even though he reminded them of his omnipotence (qudra), in order that they might take a lesson [from it].then he says, exalted is he: