Surah 78

Surah 78:32

"orchards and grapes,"
The Great Success will be for Those Who have Taqwa Verses 78:31-36
Show Full Scripture Context (78:31-36) — 6 Verses
Verse 31

إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا

Surely for the ones who guard (themselves) (there is) a (place of) safety:

Verse 32

حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعۡنَٰبٗا

orchards and grapes,

Verse 33

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابٗا

and full-breasted (maidens), (all) of the same age,

Verse 34

وَكَأۡسٗا دِهَاقٗا

and a cup full (of wine)

Verse 35

لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا كِذَّـٰبٗا

– in which they will not hear any frivolous talk, nor any lying

Verse 36

جَزَآءٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابٗا

– a payment from your Lord, a gift, a reckoning!

Allah informs about the happy people and what He has prepared for them of esteem, and eternal pleasure. Allah says,
{Verily, for those who have Taqwa, there will be a success;}

Ibn ‘Abbas and Ad-Dahhak both said, “A place of enjoyable recreation.” Mujahid and Qatadah both said, “They are successful and thus, they are saved from the Hellfire.” The most obvious meaning here is the statement of Ibn ‘Abbas, because Allah says after this,
{Hada'iq} And Hada’iq are gardens of palm trees and other things.
{And vineyards, and Kawa'ib Atrab,} meaning, wide-eyed maidens with fully developed breasts. Ibn ‘Abbas, Mujahid and others have said,
{Kawa'ib} “This means round breasts. They meant by this that the breasts of these girls will be fully rounded and not sagging, because they will be virgins, equal in age. This means that they will only have one age.” The explanation of this has already been mentioned in Surat Al-Waqi‘ah. Concerning Allah’s statement,
{And a cup Dihaq.} Ibn ‘Abbas said, “Continuously filled.” ‘Ikrimah said, “Pure.” Mujahid, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, and Ibn Zayd all said,
{Dihaq} “This means completely filled.” Then Allah says,
{No Laghw shall they hear therein, nor lying;}

This is similar to Allah’s statement,
{Free from any Laghw, and free from sin.}
meaning, there will not be any vain, worthless speech therein, nor any sinful lying. Rather, it will be the abode of peace, and everything that is in it will be free of any shortcomings. Allah then says,
{Rewarded from your Lord with a sufficient gift.}

meaning, “this that We have mentioned to you is what Allah will reward them with, and they will be given it by His favor and from Him. It will be a kindness, mercy, gift, and recompense from Him. It will be sufficient, suitable, comprehensive and abundant.’ The Arabs say, “He gave me and he sufficed me.” This means that he sufficiently provided for me.” From this comes the saying, “Allah is sufficient for me.”

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