Al-Haqqah 69:24
The Reality · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 567
For What You Sent Ahead
كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ ٢٤
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
“Eat and drink with satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past.”
Insight
Elmalılı explains “islaf” as offering something in advance with payment deferred, like a forward sale: deeds done beforehand in the world are repaid in the Hereafter.
Reflect
Send something ahead for the Hereafter today.
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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