Tafsir for verses: 37:58, 37:59
أَفَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ ٥٨ ﴿58﴾ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتَنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ٥٩ ﴿59﴾
58(Then the speaker will address other people of Paradise in delight and wonder, saying,) “Are we not then to die anymore 59beyond our first death, nor are we going to be punished?”
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Commentary
The letter 'fa' that is prefixed is omitted. Its meaning is: Are we to be eternally blessed? So we are neither dead nor punished.
And it was recited as 'ma'itain'. The meaning is that this is the state of the believers and their description, and what Allah has decreed for them, knowing by their deeds that they will not taste anything except the first death, unlike the disbelievers, for they wish for death every hour. And it was said to one of the wise men: What is worse than death? He said: That which wishes for death.
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