AN NAHL — Ayat 30

Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

وَقِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْاْ مَاذَا أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُواْ خَيْرًا لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُواْ فِى هذِهِ الْدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌ وَلَدَارُ الاٌّخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ وَلَنِعْمَ دَارُ الْمُتَّقِينَ - جَنَّـتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا الأَنْهَـرُ لَهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ كَذَلِكَ يَجْزِى اللَّهُ الْمُتَّقِينَ - الَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّـهُمُ الْمَلَـئِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ يَقُولُونَ سَلَـمٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ادْخُلُواْ الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

30. And (when) it is said to those who had Taqwa (piety and righteousness), ''What is it that your Lord has revealed'' They say: ”That which is good.'' For those who do good in this world, there is good, and the home of the Hereafter will be better. And excellent indeed will be the home (i.e. Paradise) of those who have Taqwa. 31. `Adn (Eden) Paradise (Gardens of Eternity) which they will enter, under which rivers flow, in it they will have all that they wish. Thus Allah rewards those who have Taqwa. 32. Those whose lives the angels take while they are in a pious state saying (to them) ”Salamun `Alaikum (peace be on you!). Enter Paradise because of what (good) you used to do (in the world).'' Here we are told about the blessed, as opposed to the doomed, who, when they are asked,