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44:53 - Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade they will face each other; 47264727<br />

4727 Everything will be open and in social companionship: for all the petty feelings of jeal<br />

44:55 - There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security; 4730<br />

4730 The signification is explained in n. 4671 to xliii. 73. (44.55)<br />

36:56 - They and their associates will be in groves of (cool) shade reclining on thrones (of dignity);<br />

4002<br />

4002 Secondly, the joy or happiness is figured to be, not solitary, but shared by associates. (36.56)<br />

36:57 - (Every) fruit (enjoyment) will be there for them; they shall have whatever they call for; 4003<br />

4003 Thirdly, besides any external conditions of Bliss, the Bliss in the Hereafter has an inner quality. (36.57)<br />

37:42 - Fruits (Delights) and they (shall enjoy) honor and dignity. 4062<br />

4062 "Fruits": Cf. xxxvi. 57, and n. 4003. The Garden's Delights are figured forth from parallel experiences in our present<br />

life, and follow an ascending order: Food and Fruits; Gardens of Bliss, (with all their charm, design, greenery, birds'<br />

songs, fountains, etc.); the Home of Happiness and Dignity, with congenial company seated on Thrones; Delicious<br />

Drinks from crystal Springs, for social pleasure; and the society of Companions of the opposite sex, with beauty and<br />

charm but none of the grossness too often incidental to such companionship in this life. (37.42)<br />

37:45 - Round will be passed to them a Cup from a clear-flowing fountain<br />

37:46 - Crystal-white of a taste delicious to those who drink (thereof)<br />

37:47 - Free from headiness; nor will they suffer intoxication therefrom. 4063<br />

4063 The passing round of the social cup, as in the case of other pleasures, is without any of the drawbacks and evil<br />

accompaniments of the pleasures of this world, which are taken as types. In drink there is no intoxication: in fruit there<br />

is no satiety. Cf. Dante: "the bread of Angels upon which One liveth here and grows not sated by it." (Paradiso, Canto<br />

II., Longfellow's translation.) (37.47)<br />

37:50 - Then they will turn to one another and question one another. 4066<br />

4066 Cf. above, xxxvii. 27, where the same phrase is used in the reverse conditions. In each case<br />

there is a going back to the earlier memories or experiences of this life. (37.50)<br />

37:51 - One of them will start the talk and say: "I had an intimate companion (on the earth) 4067<br />

4067 This companion was a sceptic, who laughed at Religion and a Hereafter. How the tables are now turned! The devout<br />

man backed up his Faith with a good life and is now in Bliss: the other was a cynic and made a mess of his life, and is<br />

now burning in the Fire. (37.51)<br />

38:51 - Therein will they recline (at ease); therein can they call (at pleasure) for fruit in abundance<br />

and (delicious) drink; 4208<br />

38:52 - And beside them will be chaste women restraining their glances (companions) of equal age.<br />

42094210<br />

4209 Cf. xxxvii. 48 and n. 4064, and xxxvi. 56, n. 4002. As we conceive happiness in this life, it is not complete if it is only<br />

solitary. How we hanker after some one who can share in our highest joy! That feeling is also figured here. (38.52)<br />

4210 To make the social happiness complete, we want companionship of equal age. Age and youth cannot be happy<br />

together. It is not suggested that in the Timeless state figured here, there will be old age; but if it is possible to<br />

conceive of temperamental differences then, the company will be so arranged that it will be congenial. Or we can<br />

accept the type of youth and freshness as common to all in that happy state. (38.52)<br />

37:48 - And beside them will be chaste women; restraining their glances with big eyes (of wonder<br />

and beauty). 4064<br />

4054 Allah's decree of justice requires that every soul should taste the consequences of its own<br />

sins, and that decree must be fulfilled. No excuses can serve. It is only Allah's mercy that can<br />

save. (37.31)<br />

37:49 - As if they were (delicate) eggs closely guarded. 4065<br />

4065 This is usually understood to refer to the delicate complexion of a beautiful woman, which is<br />

compared to the transparent shell of eggs in the nest, closely guarded by the mother-bird; the shell is warm and free<br />

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