Commentary
And when that gathering is indeed for joy; and joy is not complete except with companionship; and the sweetest companionship is that which reminds of the arrival of a blessing; or the dissolution of a calamity; which results from that; and there must be; His saying - indicating the clarity of the mind; and the soundness of reason; by being accurate in the words -: ﴿So some of them approached﴾; meaning: the people of Paradise with speech; and he indicated that mere intention to approach draws the hearts to listen to it; with the tool of elevation; so he said: ﴿to some﴾; meaning: for the sake of the speech which is the essence of that station; as for the confrontation, it has been previously established that it is constant; and he clarified the state of this approach and said: ﴿They question one another﴾; meaning: they are speaking a clear discourse; there is no ambiguity in any part of it; with what the manifestation indicates, which deserves to be cared for; and to be asked about their conditions from which they have been freed; after they nearly led them to ruin; and he called it a question; because with him being deserving to be asked about; it does not lack a question; the least of which is the question of the interlocutor to listen to the speech; and he expressed it in the past tense to inform of its realization, the realization of what has occurred.
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