Surah Ar-Rahman 55:46
سُورَةُ الرَّحۡمَٰن · Medinan · Verse 46 of 78
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
Translation
For those who fear [the time when they will] stand before their Lord there are two gardens.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there are two Gardens.' Ibn Ashur and al-Saadi note the entrance requirement named precisely: not mere belief in the abstract, but khawf maqam Rabbihi, a living awe at the thought of one day standing before Him, which restrains a person from wrong even in private. Ask yourself: this verse ties the highest reward to a specific inner state I can cultivate right now, the felt sense that I will one day stand before my Lord and answer. It is not fear that paralyses but awe that steadies. Where would that awareness, 'I will stand before Him', change my next private choice? The Gardens here are promised not to the fearless, but to those whose reverence quietly governs them when no one is watching.
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Saadi, al-Biqa'i.
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