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Surah Saad (38) — Ayah 50

The letter Saad · Meccan · Juz 23 · Page 456

جَنَّـٰتِ عَدْنٍ مُّفَتَّحَةً لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبُ ﴿50﴾
‘Adn (Eden) Paradise (everlasting Gardens), whose doors will be opened for them.
جَنَّـٰتِ jannāti Gardens
عَدْنٍۢ ʿadnin (of) Eternity
مُّفَتَّحَةًۭ mufattaḥatan (will be) opened
لَّهُمُ lahumu for them
ٱلْأَبْوَٰبُ l-abwābu the gates

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(Ayah 51,50) {جَنّٰتِ عَدْنٍ …:’’مَفْتُوْحَةٌ‘‘} opened, {’’ مُفَتَّحَةً ‘‘} (in the form of taf‘īl) due to emphasis, has been translated as "completely opened." It is mentioned in several Sahih hadiths that Paradise has eight gates. In Surah Az-Zumar (71), it is stated that the gates of Hell will be open upon the arrival of the disbelievers, and in verse (73), it is stated that the gates of Paradise will already be opened upon the arrival of the righteous. {’’ مُفَتَّحَةً لَّهُمُ الْاَبْوَابُ ‘‘} also includes the glad tidings that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: [ يَخْلُصُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ مِنَ النَّارِ، فَيُحْبَسُوْنَ عَلٰی قَنْطَرَةٍ بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَ النَّارِ، فَيُقَصُّ لِبَعْضِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ مَظَالِمُ كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا، حَتّٰی إِذَا هُذِّبُوْا وَ نُقُّوْا أُذِنَ لَهُمْ فِيْ دُخُوْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، فَوَ الَّذِيْ نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ! لَأَحَدُهُمْ أَهْدٰی بِمَنْزِلِهِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِنْهُ بِمَنْزِلِهِ كَانَ فِي الدُّنْيَا ] [ بخاري، الرقاق، باب القصاص یوم القیامۃ : ۶۵۳۵ ] "When the believers cross the Fire, they will be stopped on a bridge between Paradise and Hell, and they will settle the wrongs that occurred between them in the world, until when they are thoroughly purified, they will be permitted to enter Paradise. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! Each of them will know his home in Paradise better than he knew his home in the world."

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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(Namely) everlasting gardens whose gates [56] will be open for them.

[56]
The Open Doors of Paradise:

That is, the people of Paradise will be able to come and go freely into their homes, and there are three possible ways the doors may remain open. First, that the doors remain open at all times; second, that the doors are closed but whenever the people of Paradise wish to pass, they open automatically; and third, that whenever the people of Paradise wish to pass, the angels immediately open the doors. The third scenario is supported by verse 73 of Surah Az-Zumar.