Surah Al-Waqi'ah 56:12
سُورَةُ الوَاقِعَةِ · Meccan · Verse 12 of 96
فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Translation
in Gardens of Bliss:
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'In Gardens of Bliss.' al-Saadi and Ibn Ashur note 'jannat an-na'im', Gardens whose defining quality is na'im, pure, unmixed bliss: delight with no sorrow woven through it, no fear of loss, no aftertaste of regret. Ask yourself: every joy I know here is mixed, shadowed by the fear it will end, diluted by some ache, followed by a comedown. I have never once tasted delight that was not, somewhere, alloyed with anxiety. This verse names a bliss that is only bliss. It stretches my imagination past the only kind of happiness I've experienced toward one I've never had. Recognising that unmixed joy exists, but is kept there, do I stop demanding it of a world that can only ever hand me the mixed kind?
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Saadi, Ibn Ashur, al-Biqa'i.
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