Surah Ya-Sin 36:55
سُورَةُ يسٓ · Meccan · Verse 55 of 83
إِنَّ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى شُغُلٍۢ فَٰكِهُونَ
Translation
The people of Paradise today are happily occupied-
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'Indeed, the companions of Paradise, that Day, are joyfully occupied.' Ibn Ashur and al-Biqa'i dwell on 'fi shughulin fakihun', busy, absorbed, delighting: a joy so full and engrossing that it leaves no room in the heart for regret, comparison, or even a thought of anyone else's fate. Ask yourself: even my happiest moments here are shadowed, by what I lack, by what others have, by the fear it will end. This verse describes a joy with no shadow, a heart wholly occupied by good with nothing left over for ache. What in me is always half-distracted from the good I do have, and what would it mean to taste, even here, a gratitude so full it crowds out the comparing?
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Biqa'i, al-Saadi.
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