Commentary
A delightful and beautiful woman, as His saying: "You will recognize in their faces the brightness of bliss." Or a woman enjoying herself for her striving, content with her deeds when she sees what it has brought her of honor and reward, high in status or measure. You do not hear, O addressee. Or the faces are idle, meaning idle talk, or a word that is idle. Or a soul that engages in idle talk; the people of Paradise do not speak except with wisdom and praise of Allah for what He has provided them of everlasting bliss. And it has been recited: "You do not hear" in the passive form with the 'taa' and 'yaa'. In it are flowing springs, meaning springs in great abundance, as His saying: "A soul knows." Elevated from the elevation of status or height, so that the believer, by sitting on it, sees all that his Lord has granted him of kingship and bliss. It is said: Hidden for them, from raising something when it is hidden. Placed so that whenever they want it, they find it placed before them, ready and present, without needing to call for it. Or placed at the edges of the springs, prepared for drinking. It may be intended: placed beyond the limits of the large, in the middle between small and large, as His saying: "They have measured it with a measurement." Arranged, some beside others, with cushions and places to recline, wherever he wants to sit on a cushion and lean on another, and carpets and wide luxurious spreads. It is said: They are the carpets that have a fine nap. The plural of zarbiyyah, spread out or laid out, or scattered in the gatherings.
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