Ar-Rahman 55:60
The Beneficent · Juz 27 · Page 533
هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنُ ٦٠
Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
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Commentary on 55:59–60
﴿فَبِأيِّ آلاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ﴾ وقَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿هَلْ جَزاءُ الإحْسانِ إلا الإحْسانِ﴾ اسْتِئْنافٌ مُقَرَّرٌ لِمَضْمُونِ ما قَبْلِهِ أيْ ما جَزاءُ الإحْسانِ في العَمَلِ إلّا الإحْسانُ في الثَّوابِ، وقِيلَ: المُرادُ ما جَزاءُ التَّوْحِيدِ إلّا الجَنَّةُ وأُيِّدَ بِظَواهِرَ كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الآثارِ، أخْرَجَ الحَكِيمُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ في نَوادِرَ الأُصُولِ والبَغْوَيُّ في تَفْسِيرِهِ والدَّيْلَمِيُّ في مُسْنَدِ الفُرُوسِ وابْنُ النَّجّارِ في تارِيخِهِ عَنْ أنَسٍ قالَ: ««قَرَأ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلّى اللَّهُ تَعالى عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّمَ
صفحة 121
﴿هَلْ جَزاءُ الإحْسانِ إلا الإحْسانِ﴾ فَقالَ: وهَلْ تَدْرُونَ ما قالَ رَبُّكم ؟ قالُوا: اللَّهُ ورَسُولُهُ أعْلَمُ قالَ: يَقُولُ: هَلْ جَزاءُ مَن أنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِالتَّوْحِيدِ إلّا الجَنَّةُ»» وأخْرَجَ ابْنُ النَّجّارِ في تارِيخِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ كَرَّمَ اللَّهُ تَعالى وجْهَهُ مَرْفُوعًا بِلَفْظِ ««قالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وجَلَّ هَلْ جَزاءُ مَن أنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ»» إلَخْ ووَراءَ ذَلِكَ أقْوالٌ تَقْرُبُ مِن مِائَةِ قَوْلٍ، واخْتِيرَ العُمُومُ ويَدْخُلُ التَّوْحِيدُ دُخُولًا أوَّلِيًّا، والصُّوفِيَّةُ أوْرَدُوا الآيَةَ في بابِ الإحْسانِ وفَسَّرُوهُ بِما في الحَدِيثِ ««أنْ تَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ كَأنَّكَ تَراهُ فَإنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَراهُ فَإنَّهُ يَراكَ»» قالُوا: فَهو اسْمٌ يَجْمَعُ أبْوابَ الحَقائِقِ، وقَرَأ ابْنُ أبِي إسْحاقَ إلّا الحِسانُ يَعْنِي بِالحِسانِ قاصِراتِ الطَّرْفِ اللّاتِي تَقَدَّمَ ذِكْرُهُنَّ
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55:41
يُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمۡ فَيُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِي وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ ٤١
The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
55:42
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٢
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:43
هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ٤٣
This is Hell, which the criminals deny.
55:44
يَطُوفُونَ بَيۡنَهَا وَبَيۡنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٖ ٤٤
They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
55:45
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٥
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:46
وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ ٤٦
But for he who has feared the position of his Lord1 are two gardens -
1 translator’s note
- An alternative meaning is "the standing [for account] before his Lord." ↩
55:47
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٧
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
55:48
ذَوَاتَآ أَفۡنَانٖ ٤٨
Having [spreading] branches.
55:49
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٩
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:50
فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ تَجۡرِيَانِ ٥٠
In both of them are two springs, flowing.
55:51
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥١
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:52
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٖ زَوۡجَانِ ٥٢
In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.
55:53
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٣
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:54
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشِۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقٖۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ دَانٖ ٥٤
[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.
55:55
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٥
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:56
فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ٥٦
In them are women limiting [their] glances,1 untouched2 before them by man or jinnī -
55:57
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٧
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
55:58
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلۡيَاقُوتُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ٥٨
As if they were rubies and coral.1
1 translator’s note
- In purity, color and beauty. ↩
55:59
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٩
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:60
هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنُ ٦٠
Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
55:61
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦١
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:62
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ ٦٢
And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -
55:63
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٣
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
55:64
مُدۡهَآمَّتَانِ ٦٤
Dark green [in color].
55:65
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٥
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:66
فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ ٦٦
In both of them are two springs, spouting.
55:67
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٧
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?