Al-Furqan 25:10
The Criterion · Meccan · Juz 18 · Page 360
Something Better
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِيٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيۡرࣰا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّـٰتࣲ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكَ قُصُورَۢا ١٠
Blessed is He Who, if He will, will assign thee better than (all) that - Gardens underneath which rivers flow - and will assign thee mansions.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Blessed is He who, if He willed, could give you better than that — gardens beneath which rivers flow, and palaces.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is better than the treasures and gardens they asked for: the gardens promised in the Hereafter.
Reflect
Ask not for worldly things but for what is better.
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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