AL WAAQI'AH — Ayat 13

Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الاٌّوَّلِينَ - وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ الاٌّخِرِينَ - عَلَى سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ - مُّتَّكِئِينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَـبِلِينَ - يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ - بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ - لاَّ يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلاَ يُنزِفُونَ - وَفَـكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ - وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ - وَحُورٌ عِينٌ - كَأَمْثَـلِ اللُّؤْلُؤِ الْمَكْنُونِ - جَزَآءً بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ - لاَ يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْواً وَلاَ تَأْثِيماً - إِلاَّ قِيلاً سَلَـماً سَلَـماً

13. A multitude of those will be from the first ones. 14. And a few of those will be from the later ones. 15. (They will be) on thrones, Mawdunah. 16. Reclining thereon, face to face. 17. Immortal boys will go around them (serving), 18. With cups, and jugs, and a glass of flowing wine, 19. Wherefrom neither Yusadda`un nor Yunzifun. 20. And with fruit that they may choose. 21. And with the flesh of fowls that they desire. 22. And (there will be) Hur with wide lovely eyes. 23. Like preserved pearls. 24. A reward for what they used to do. 25. No Laghw (evil vain talk) will they hear therein, nor any sinful speech. 26. But only the saying of: ”Salaman! Salaman!'' Allah states that the foremost of the close believers are a multitude, a crowd among the earlier generations and a few from the latter generations. There is a difference over the meaning of the first generations and the later generations. Some said that the former means earlier (believing) nations, while the later refers to this Ummah. This was reported from Mujahid and Al-Hasan Al-Basri, in the collection of Ibn Abi Hatim, and this is the preference of Ibn Jarir. He considered it supported by the saying of Allah's Messenger :