What is to come is better for you than what has gone before;
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'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (and verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the former) he says: the reward of the hereafter is better for you than the reward of the life of the world.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : and verily the hereafter shall be better for you, by virtue of the honours awaiting you thereat, than the first [life], this world.
Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi
تفسير : (and verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the former…) [93:4-5].
abu bakr ibn abi al-hasan al-musayyabi informed us> muhammad ibn ‘abd allah ibn muhammad al-dabbi> abu ‘amr ahmad ibn muhammad ibn ishaq> muhammad ibn al-hasan al-‘asqalani> ‘isam ibn dawud> his father> al-awza‘i> isma‘il ibn ‘ubayd allah> ‘ali ibn ‘abd allah ibn ‘abbas> his father who said: “the prophet, allah bless him and give him peace, saw what was going to be bestowed upon his community after him, and he was delighted. however, allah, glorious and majestic is he, revealed (and verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the former, and verily thy lord will give unto thee so that thou wilt be content). he gave him one thousand castles of pearls whose floors are made of musk which contain everything he requires of spouses and servants”.
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : and verily, the life to come will be better for you than first [life]he said:what i have kept in store for you [muḥammad], such as the praiseworthy station (maqām maḥmūd), and the place of intercession (maḥall al-shafāʿa), is better than that which i have given you in the life of the world, such as prophethood and messengership.his words, exalted is he:
