The Beneficent, The Mercy Giving, The Merciful — Verse 50

In both of them there are two flowing springs.

في هاتين الجنتين عينان من الماء تجريان خلالهما.

اليمين "فيهما عينان تجريان" أي تسرحان لسقي تلك الأشجار والأغصان فتثمر من جميع الألوان "فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان" قال الحسن البصري إحداهما يقال لها تسنيم والأخرى السلسبيل. وقال عطية إحداهما من ماء غير آسن والأخرى من خمر لذة للشاربين.

ثم وصفهما - سبحانه - بصفات أخرى كريمة فقال : ( فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ ) أى : فى كل جنة منهما عين تجرى بالماء العذب الفرات . . .

القول في تأويل قوله تعالى : فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ (50)يقول تعالى ذكره في هاتين الجنتين عينا ماء تجريان خلالهما، فبأيّ آلاء ربكما تكذّبان.

( فيهما عينان تجريان ) قال ابن عباس : بالكرامة والزيادة على أهل الجنة . قال الحسن : تجريان بالماء الزلال ، إحداهما التسنيم والأخرى السلسبيل . وقال عطية : إحداهما من ماء غير آسن والأخرى من خمر لذة للشاربين .

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ (50(وتثنية عينان } جار على نحو ما تقدم في تثنية { جنتان } ، وكذلك تثنية ضميري { فيهما } وضمير { تجريان } تبع لتثنية مَعَادهما في اللفظ .فإن كان الجنتان اثنتين لكل من خَاف مقام ربه فلكل جنة منهما عين فهما عينان لكل من خاف مقام ربه ، وإن كان الجنتان جنسين فالتثنية مستعملة في إرادة الجمع ، أي عيون على عدد الجنات ، وكذلك إذا كان المراد من تثنية { جنتان } الكثرة كما تثنيه { عينان } للكثرة .وفصل بين الأفنان وبين ذكر الفاكهة بذكر العينين مع أن الفاكهة بالأفنان أنسب ، لأنه لما جرى ذكر الأفنان ، وهي من جمال منظر الجنة أعقب بما هو من محاسن الجنات وهو عيون الماء جمعاً للنظيرين ، ثم أعقب ذلك بما هو من جمال المنظر

وفي تلك الجنتين { عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ } يفجرونها على ما يريدون ويشتهون.

قوله تعالى : فيهما عينان تجريان أي في كل واحدة منهما عين جارية . قال ابن عباس : تجريان ماء بالزيادة والكرامة من الله تعالى على أهل الجنة . وعن ابن عباس أيضا والحسن : تجريان بالماء الزلال إحدى العينين التسنيم والأخرى السلسبيل . وعنه أيضا : عينان مثل الدنيا أضعافا مضاعفة ، حصباؤهما الياقوت الأحمر والزبرجد الأخضر ، وترابهما الكافور ، وحمأتهما المسك الأذفر ، وحافتاهما الزعفران . وقال عطية : إحداهما من ماء غير آسن ، والأخرى من خمر لذة للشاربين . وقيل : تجريان من جبل من مسك . وقال أبو بكر الوراق : فيهما عنيان تجريان لمن كانت عيناه في الدنيا تجريان من مخافة الله عز وجل .

There are two classes of paradise. The Paradise with two gardens mentioned in these verses is that of the first category. In this Paradise, royal fare will be provided. Such bounties will be available to those who were so overwhelmed by thoughts of God that in the present world itself they made themselves stand, as if in the august presence of God. They related to God on the level of Ehsan, that is, experiencing the presence of God in this world itself.

ذَوَاتَا أَفْنَانٍ (both having lot of branches...55:48). This describes the first two Gardens. There will be plenty of trees abounding in. branches and consequently their shade will be dense, and the fruits will be in abundance. The other two Gardens are described later. No such qualities are mentioned about them, which may imply their relative deficiency in this quality.

(Wherein are two fountains flowing) for the dwellers of Paradise containing goodness, mercy, bestowal of honour, grace and more from Allah.

The Delight of Those Who have Taqwa in Paradise Allah the Exalted said, وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ (But for him who fears the standing before his Lord,) on the Day of Resurrection, وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَى (And restrained himself from the desires.) (79:40), and does not indulge nor prefer this worldly life. He who knows that the Hereafter is better and more lasting, so he fulfills what his Lord ordered him and stays away from His prohibitions, then he will earn two gardens from his Lord on the Day of Resurrection. Al-Bukhari recorded that `Abdullah bin Qays said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «جَنَّتَانِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ آنِيَتُهُمَا وَمَا فِيهِمَا، وَجَنَّتَانِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ آنِيَتُهُمَا وَمَا فِيهِمَا، وَمَا بَيْنَ الْقَوْمِ وَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَّا رِدَاءُ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فِي جَنَّةِ عَدْن» (There are two gardens made of silver -- their vessels and all that they contain. And there are two gardens made of gold -- their vessels and all that they contain. And nothing stands between the people in the `Adn Garden and looking at their Lord, the Exalted and Most Honored, but the covering of pride before His Face.) The Group, with the exception of Abu Dawud, collected this via the Hadith of `Abdul-`Aziz. This Ayah is general and applies to both humans and Jinns, providing proof that those among the Jinns who believe and have Taqwa will enter Paradise, for Allah is reminding the Ath-Thaqalayn of this favor, as He says; وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ فَبِأَىِّ ءَالاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens. Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny) Then He describes these two gardens, by saying, ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ (With Afnan.) their trees have beautiful young branches that hold and produce every type of ripened beautiful fruit, فَبِأَىِّ ءَالاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny) `Ata' Al-Khurasani and several others said that Afnan means spreading branches of trees that reach the branches of other trees, فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ (In them (both) will be two springs flowing.) free to water these trees and branches that produce all kinds of fruits, فَبِأَىِّ ءَالاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny) Al-Hasan Al-Basri said that one of these springs is called Tasnim, and the other called As-Salsabil. `Atiyah said that the water of one of these springs is from non-standing water and the other from wine that gives delight to those who drink it. Allah's statement, فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ (In them (both) will be every kind of fruit in pairs.), of every type and kind of fruit, that which they knew before, and better, and that which they did not know before. Therein, there are delights that no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard and no heart has ever imagined, فَبِأَىِّ ءَالاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny) Ibrahim bin Al-Hakam bin Aban said that his father narrated from `Ikrimah that Ibn `Abbas said, "There is not a fruit that exists in this life, sweet or bitter, but it exists in Paradise, even the colo- cynth." Ibn `Abbas also said, "There is nothing in the world that is in the Hereafter except in name." Meaning there is such an enormous difference and contrast between the two in enjoyment and value.