مُسْتَحِيلَةٌImpossibleوَدَلِيلٌAnd evidenceآخَرَAnotherقَالَHe saidعَزِيزٌMightوَجَلٌّAnd majestyلِلَّذِينَFor thoseأَحْسَنُواWho have done goodالْحُسْنَىٰThe best rewardوَزِيَادَةٌAnd more
Impossible. And another evidence is what He, the Mighty and Majestic said: ‘For those who do good is the best reward and more.’
قَالَHe saidهَلْWhatالتَّأْوِيلُThe interpretationالنَّظَرُThe gazeإِلَىToاللَّهِGodعَزِيزٌMightوَجَلٌّAnd majesty
He said: 'What is the interpretation of gazing at God, the Mighty and Majestic?'
وَلَمْAnd He did notيُنْعِمْBestowاللَّهُGodعَزِيزٌMightوَجَلٌّAnd majestyأَهْلُThe people ofجَنَانِهِHis gardensبِأَفْضَلِWith the bestمِنْThanنَظَرِهِمTheir gazeإِلَيْهِTo HimوَرُؤْيَتِهِمAnd their seeingلَهُHim
And God, the Mighty and Majestic, did not bestow upon the people of His gardens anything better than their gaze at Him and their seeing of Him.
وَقَالَAnd He saidعَزِيزٌMightوَجَلٌّAnd majestyوَلَدَيْنَاAnd with UsمَزِيدٌMore
And He, the Mighty and Majestic said: 'And with Us is more.'
قِيلَIt is saidالنَّظَرُThe gazeإِلَىAtاللَّهِGodعَزِيزٌMightوَجَلٌّAnd majesty
It is said that the gaze is at God, the Mighty and Majestic.
وَقَالَAnd saidتَحِيَّتُهُمْTheir greetingيَوْمَOn the dayيَلْقَوْنَهُThey meet HimسَلاَمٌPeace
And He said: 'Their greeting on the Day they meet Him will be peace.'
وَإِذَاAnd whenلَقِيَهُThey meet HimالْمُؤْمِنُونَThe believersرَأَوْهُThey will see HimوَقَالَAnd He saidاللَّهُGodكَلَّاNoإِنَّهُمْIndeed theyعَنْAboutرَبِّهِمTheir LordيَوْمَئِذٍThat dayالمَحْجُوبُونَAre veiled
And when the believers meet Him, they will see Him. And God said: 'No, indeed they are veiled from their Lord that day.'
فَحَجَبَهُمْSo He veiled themعَنْFromرُؤْيَتِهِHis visionوَلَاAnd notيُحَجِّبُHe veilsعَنْهَاFrom herالْمُؤْمِنِينَThe believers
So He veiled them from His vision, but He does not veil the believers from it.
سُؤَالٌA questionقَالَHe saidقَائِلٌOne who claimsفَمَاWhat isمَعْنَىٰThe meaning ofقَوْلِهِHis sayingلَاNotتَدْرِكَةُYou can perceive HimالْأَبْصَارُThe eyes
A question was raised: 'What is the meaning of His saying: "
قِيلَIt is saidلَهُTo himيُحْتَمَلُIt is possibleأَنْThatيَكُونَIt isلَاNotتَدْرِكَةُYou can perceive HimفِيInالدُّنْيَاThis worldوَتَدْرِكَةُAnd you can perceive HimفِيInالْآخِرَةِThe Hereafter
It is said that it might mean you do not perceive Him in this world but you can perceive Him in the Hereafter.
لِأَنَّBecauseرُؤْيَةُThe visionاللَّهِGodتَعَالَىٰThe ExaltedأَفْضَلُThe bestاللَّذَّاتِOf pleasures
Because the vision of God, the Exalted, is the best of pleasures.
وَأَفْضَلُAnd the bestاللَّذَّاتِOf pleasuresيَكُونُIsفِيInأَفْضَلِThe bestالْدَّارَيْنِOf the two abodesوَيُحْتَمَلُAnd it is possibleأَنْThatيَكُونَIt isاللَّهُGodعَزِيزٌMightوَجَلٌّAnd majestyأَرَادَHe intendedبِقَوْلِهِBy His sayingلَاNotتَدْرِكَةُYou can perceive HimالْأَبْصَارُThe eyes
And it is possible that God, the Mighty and Majestic, intended by His saying: 'The eyes cannot perceive Him,' that the eyes of the disbelievers cannot perceive Him.
وَذَلِكَAnd thatأَنَّThatكِتَابُThe BookاللَّهِOf GodيُصَدِّقُConfirmsبَعْضَهُSome of itبَعْضًاSomeفَلَمَّاSo whenقَالَHe saidفِي-deآيَةٍA verseإِنَّIndeedالْوُجُوهَThe facesتَنْظُرُWill lookإِلَيْهِAt HimيَوْمَOn the dayالْقِيَامَةِOf resurrectionوَقَالَAnd he saidفِي-deآيَةٍA verseأُخْرَىٰAnotherإِنَّIndeedالْأَبْصَارُThe eyesلَاNotتَدْرِكَةُYou can perceive Him
And that the Book of God confirms some of its verses. So when He said in one verse: 'Indeed the faces will look at Him on the Day of Resurrection,' and He said in another verse: 'Indeed the eyes cannot perceive Him.'
عَلِمْنَاWe knowأَنَّهُThat HeإِنَّمَاOnlyأَرَادَIntendedأَبْصَارَEyesالْكَافِرِينَThe disbelieversلَاNotتَدْرِكَةُYou can perceive Him
We know that He only intended the eyes of the disbelievers cannot perceive Him.
مَسْأَلَةٌAn issueوَالْجَوَابُAnd the answerعَنْهَاAbout itفَإنَّIfقَالَHe saidقَائِلٌOne who claimsقَدْIndeedاسْتَكْبَرَ اللَّهُGod has made His question greatسُؤَالٌA questionالسَّائِلِينَOf the questionersلَهُFor himأَنْ يُرَىTo be seen
An issue and the answer about it. If he said: 'Indeed, God has made great the question of the questioners about Him to be seen,'