Al-Fajr 89:28
The Dawn · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 594
Pleased and Pleasing
ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةࣰ مَّرۡضِيَّةࣰ ٢٨
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Return to your Lord, pleased and pleasing. Enter among My servants, enter My Paradise.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is a return in which you are pleased with your Lord and He with you. Then you are invited among the righteous servants who worship sincerely, and into Paradise.
Reflect
In a task today, seek the way that will please both you and Allah.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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