Surah Ar-Rahman 55:56
سُورَةُ الرَّحۡمَٰن · Medinan · Verse 56 of 78
فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ
Translation
There will be maidens restraining their glances, untouched beforehand by man or jinn.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'In them are companions of modest, restrained gaze, untouched before them by man or jinn.' Ibn Ashur and al-Saadi note the defining trait named first is not appearance but character, 'qasirat at-tarf', those whose gaze is lowered and reserved, given wholly to their companion. Ask yourself: notice that the quality the verse praises above beauty is restraint of the eye, a heart that is not roving, not divided, not comparing. In a world that trains the gaze to wander endlessly, this verse holds up focused, faithful attention as the honoured thing. What would it mean to value, and cultivate, that same restrained, undistracted heart now: an attention that rests fully where it belongs rather than forever glancing elsewhere?
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Saadi, al-Biqa'i.
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