سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 31
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا خُضْرًا مِّن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ ۚ نِعْمَ ٱلثَّوَابُ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا ﴿31﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
These! For them will be ‘Adn (Eden) Paradise (everlasting Gardens); wherein rivers flow underneath them; therein they will be adorned with bracelets of gold, and they will wear green garments of fine and thick silk. They will recline therein on raised thrones. How good is the reward, and what an excellent Murtafaq (dwelling, resting place.)!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
جَنَّـٰتُ
jannātu
(are) Gardens
عَدْنٍۢ
ʿadnin
of Eden
تَجْرِى
tajrī
flows
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهِمُ
taḥtihimu
underneath them
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ
l-anhāru
the rivers
يُحَلَّوْنَ
yuḥallawna
They will be adorned
فِيهَا
fīhā
therein
مِنْ
min
[of] (with)
أَسَاوِرَ
asāwira
bracelets
مِن
min
of
ذَهَبٍۢ
dhahabin
gold
وَيَلْبَسُونَ
wayalbasūna
and will wear
ثِيَابًا
thiyāban
garments
خُضْرًۭا
khuḍ'ran
green
مِّن
min
of
سُندُسٍۢ
sundusin
fine silk
وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍۢ
wa-is'tabraqin
and heavy brocade
مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ
muttakiīna
reclining
فِيهَا
fīhā
therein
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ ۚ
l-arāiki
adorned couches
نِعْمَ
niʿ'ma
Excellent
ٱلثَّوَابُ
l-thawābu
(is) the reward
وَحَسُنَتْ
waḥasunat
and good
مُرْتَفَقًۭا
mur'tafaqan
(is) the resting place
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
31. 1. In the era of the Quran's revelation and before it, it was customary for kings, chiefs, and tribal leaders to wear gold bangles on their hands, which distinguished their special status. The people of Paradise will also be adorned with gold bangles.
31. 2. Sundus is fine silk, and istabraq is thick silk. In this world, gold and silk clothing are forbidden for men. Those who, by following this command, abstain from these prohibitions in the world, will have all these things available to them in Paradise. There, nothing will be forbidden; rather, whatever the people of Paradise desire will be present. "And for you therein is whatever your souls desire, and for you therein is whatever you ask for." Whatever your heart wishes for and whatever you ask for, all will be present in Paradise.
31. 2. Sundus is fine silk, and istabraq is thick silk. In this world, gold and silk clothing are forbidden for men. Those who, by following this command, abstain from these prohibitions in the world, will have all these things available to them in Paradise. There, nothing will be forbidden; rather, whatever the people of Paradise desire will be present. "And for you therein is whatever your souls desire, and for you therein is whatever you ask for." Whatever your heart wishes for and whatever you ask for, all will be present in Paradise.
