Surah Ar-Rahman 55:62
سُورَةُ الرَّحۡمَٰن · Medinan · Verse 62 of 78
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
Translation
There are two other gardens below these two.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'And besides these two, there are two other Gardens.' Ibn Ashur and al-Biqa'i note the layering: Paradise is not a single flat place but comes in ranks, 'and besides these two, two more', so that even what is presented as the lesser pair is still beyond imagining. Ask yourself: I tend to think in terms of merely 'making it in', the minimum bar cleared. This verse reveals levels, degrees of nearness and reward, and invites ambition: why aim only at the threshold when there are heights above heights? It reframes the spiritual life as not just avoiding failure but aspiring, reaching for the higher Gardens. Am I settling for the lowest passing grade, when I was invited to climb?
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Biqa'i, al-Saadi.
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