سُوْرَةُ الدَّهْرِ
Surah Al-Insaan (76) — Ayah 6
عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ ٱللَّهِ يُفَجِّرُونَهَا تَفْجِيرًا ﴿6﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
A spring wherefrom the slaves of Allâh will drink, causing it to gush forth abundantly.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
عَيْنًۭا
ʿaynan
A spring
يَشْرَبُ
yashrabu
will drink
بِهَا
bihā
from it
عِبَادُ
ʿibādu
(the) slaves
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
يُفَجِّرُونَهَا
yufajjirūnahā
causing it to gush forth
تَفْجِيرًۭا
tafjīran
abundantly
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 6) {عَيْنًا يَّشْرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ اللّٰهِ … : ’’ عِبَادُ اللّٰهِ ‘‘} Although all people are servants of Allah, here it refers to Allah’s special servants, just as in {’’عِبَادُ الرَّحْمٰنِ‘‘} (servants of the Most Merciful), {’’نَاقَةُ اللّٰهِ‘‘} (Allah’s she-camel), and {’’بَيْتُ اللّٰهِ‘‘} (Allah’s House), a special distinction is made. That is, the special servants of Allah, the righteous, will drink a cup of wine mixed with camphor, and it will not be just a single cup, but rather a spring mixed with camphor from which the believer may divert a channel from it wherever he wishes.
Some commentators have considered {’’ الْاَبْرَارَ ‘‘} and {’’ عِبَادُ اللّٰهِ ‘‘} as separate and have interpreted it to mean that the cup of wine given to the righteous, i.e., the pious people, will have some mixture from a spring called camphor, just as a fragrant syrup, for example, Rooh Afza, is mixed into someone’s drink. Whereas “Ibadullah,” i.e., the close servants of Allah, will not only have a mixture from the spring of camphor but will receive its pure water as much as they wish. The first meaning seems more appropriate to me. (And Allah knows best)
Some commentators have considered {’’ الْاَبْرَارَ ‘‘} and {’’ عِبَادُ اللّٰهِ ‘‘} as separate and have interpreted it to mean that the cup of wine given to the righteous, i.e., the pious people, will have some mixture from a spring called camphor, just as a fragrant syrup, for example, Rooh Afza, is mixed into someone’s drink. Whereas “Ibadullah,” i.e., the close servants of Allah, will not only have a mixture from the spring of camphor but will receive its pure water as much as they wish. The first meaning seems more appropriate to me. (And Allah knows best)
