Surah Al-Waqi'ah 56:34
سُورَةُ الوَاقِعَةِ · Meccan · Verse 34 of 96
وَفُرُشٍۢ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ
Translation
with incomparable companions
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'And raised couches.' al-Saadi and Ibn Ashur note 'furushin marfu'a', elevated, honoured seats of rest, dignity and repose lifted high. Ask yourself: elevation here signals honour and ease, to be raised is to be dignified, at rest, no longer struggling at ground level. The whole striving life of the believer culminates not in more striving but in this honoured rest. It is a promise to everyone who feels perpetually low, overlooked, ground down: a raising is coming. The world's rankings may keep me down; this verse fixes my gaze on a different elevation, earned not by climbing over others but by faithfulness. Where do I feel most 'low', and does it change things to know that the true raising is His to give, and is kept for the faithful?
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Saadi, Ibn Ashur, al-Biqa'i.
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