Tafsir for verse: 39:20
لَٰكِنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوۡاْ رَبَّهُمۡ لَهُمۡ غُرَفٞ مِّن فَوۡقِهَا غُرَفٞ مَّبۡنِيَّةٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۖ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ لَا يُخۡلِفُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمِيعَادَ ٢٠ ﴿20﴾
20But, for those who fear their Lord, there are chambers with chambers built on top of them, with rivers running from underneath them. This is Allah’s promise. Allah does not go back on any promise.
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Commentary
Rooms above it, rooms high, some above others. If you say: What is the meaning of the word 'built'? I say: Its meaning - and Allah knows best - is that it is built like the buildings of the houses on earth, and it has been leveled as they are leveled, with rivers flowing beneath it just as they flow beneath the houses, without any difference between the high and the low. The promise of Allah is a confirmed source, for His saying to them 'rooms' is in the meaning of Him promising them that.
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