Tafseer of The Clans · Al-Ahzaab · 33:44
Their greeting the Day they meet Him will be, "Peace." And He has prepared for them a noble reward.
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The statement concerning the explanation of His word, the Exalted: تَحِيَّتُهُمْ يَوْمَ يَلْقَوْنَهُ سَلامٌ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَرِيمًا ("Their greeting on the Day they meet Him will be 'Peace' (salām), and He has prepared for them a noble reward") (33:44).
تَحِيَّتُهُمْ يَوْمَ يَلْقَوْنَهُ سَلامٌ ("Their greeting on the Day they meet Him will be 'Peace'"). He, mighty is His praise, says: the greeting of these believers on the Day of Resurrection in the Garden (janna) will be "Peace" (salām); they say to one another: safety is ours and yours, in that we enter this place of admission, by Allah, that He will never punish us with the Fire.
As Bishr related to us, he said: Yazīd related to us, he said: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda: His word تَحِيَّتُهُمْ يَوْمَ يَلْقَوْنَهُ سَلامٌ ("Their greeting on the Day they meet Him will be 'Peace'"). He said: the greeting of the people of the Garden is "Peace" (al-salām).
And His word وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَرِيمًا ("and He has prepared for them a noble reward"). He says: and He has prepared for these believers a reward for their obedience to Him in the worldly life, a noble reward, and that is the Garden.
As Bishr related to us, he said: Yazīd related to us, he said: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda: وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَرِيمًا ("and He has prepared for them a noble reward"), that is to say: the Garden.
