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Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi translation for Surah Muhammad — Ayah 15

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47:15
مَّثَلُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِي وُعِدَ ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَۖ فِيهَآ أَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّن مَّآءٍ غَيۡرِ ءَاسِنٖ وَأَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّن لَّبَنٖ لَّمۡ يَتَغَيَّرۡ طَعۡمُهُۥ وَأَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّنۡ خَمۡرٖ لَّذَّةٖ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ وَأَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّنۡ عَسَلٖ مُّصَفّٗىۖ وَلَهُمۡ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَمَغۡفِرَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡۖ كَمَنۡ هُوَ خَٰلِدٞ فِي ٱلنَّارِ وَسُقُواْ مَآءً حَمِيمٗا فَقَطَّعَ أَمۡعَآءَهُمۡ ١٥
Here is the parable of Paradise which the God-fearing have been promised: in it shall be rivers of incorruptible water,1 rivers of milk unchanging in taste,2and rivers of wine, a delight to those that drink;3 and rivers of pure honey.4 In it they will have every kind of fruit as well as forgiveness from their Lord.5 Can such be like those who will abide in the Fire and will be given a boiling water to drink that will tear their bowels apart?
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  • [1] All except for ʻAsem read it as: “. . . or to be remindedand the reminder would benefit him?”
  • [2] Qira’at: ʻAsem, Hamza, Al-Kesa’i, Khalaf and Roways when he continued recitation without stopping at the end of sign 24 read it as: “. . . his food: 25 that We poured down . . .” All others including Roways when he stopped at the end of sign 24 read it as: “. . . his food: 25 indeed, We poured down . . .”
  • [3] Qira’at: Abu Jaʻfar read it as: “. . . for what misdeed she was relentlessly killed . . .”
  • [4] Qira’at: All except for Nafieʻ, Ibn ʻAmer, ʻAsem, Abu Jaʻfar and Yaʻqub read it as: “. . . are made entirely public . . .”
  • [5] Literally, aasin is the taste and color of water which has changed, or which gives a bad smell. In the world the water of rivers and canals is generally muddy; its taste and color change due to the mixture of sand and dust and of different kinds of vegetation in it, and it also gives off a kind of bad smell. Therefore, the quality of the water of the rivers and canals of Paradise will be such that it will be pure and clear, without any adulteration.
  • [6] In a Hadith directly reported from the Prophet (peace be upon him), it has been explained thus: It will not be the milk squeezed from the milk glands of animals. That is, it will be the milk which Allah will bring out in the form of springs from the earth and cause it to flow into canals of Paradise. About this natural milk it has been said: Its flavor will not change at all; that is, it will not give even the slightest offensive smell that is found in every kind of milk squeezed from the animal milk glands.
  • [7] In the Hadith it has been explained, thus: The honey will not have been drawn from the bees’ bellies, but it will also come out from springs and flow into canals; therefore, it will not have wax, and pieces of the honey-comb and legs of dead bees mixed in it, but it will be absolutely pure.
  • [8] The mention of forgiveness from Allah after the blessings of Paradise can have two meanings:
  • [9] Literally ‘May the man be killed!’
  • [10] In another Hadith reported directly from the Prophet (peace be upon him), it has been explained, thus: This wine will not have been distilled from rotten fruit by beating and fermenting, like the wine in the world, but Allah will produce it also in the form of springs and cause it to flow into canals; then its quality will be such that it will be delightful for the drinkers. That is, it will not be bitter and foul-smelling like the wines of the world, which cannot be drunk even by the most habitual drinker without showing some distaste. In Surah As-Saffat, another quality of it has been described: Neither will the drinker be harmed physically thereby nor become drunk. (verse 47). In Surah Al-Waqiah it has been said: Which will neither cause them giddiness nor affect their sense. (verse 19). This shows that wine will not intoxicate, but will only give pleasure and delight.