Tafseer of The letter Saad · Saad · 38:49
This is a reminder. And indeed, for the righteous is a good place of return
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And His statement ( هَذَا ذِكْرُ ) (This is a reminder) — He, exalted is His mention, says: This Qurʾān which We have sent down to you, O Muḥammad, is a reminder for you and for your people; We have admonished you and them by means of it.
And in accordance with what we have said concerning this, the exegetes spoke.
* Mention of who said that:
Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn related to me, saying: Aḥmad ibn al-Mufaḍḍal related to us, saying: Asbāṭ related to us, on the authority of al-Suddī ( هَذَا ذِكْرُ ), he said: the Qurʾān.
And His statement: ( وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَآبٍ ) (and indeed, for the God-fearing there is a goodly place of return) — He says: and indeed, for the God-fearing, those who feared Allāh and so showed Him reverence by fulfilling His obligations and avoiding disobedience to Him, there is a goodly place of return to which they return in the Hereafter, and a destination to which they betake themselves. Then He, exalted is His mention, informed about that which He has promised them of the goodly place of return, what it is, and He said: جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ مُفَتَّحَةً لَهُمُ الأَبْوَابُ (Gardens of perpetual residence (ʿAdn), whose gates are opened for them).
Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn related to us, saying: Aḥmad related to us, saying: Asbāṭ related to us, on the authority of al-Suddī, concerning His statement ( وَإِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسْنَ مَآبٍ ), he said: a goodly place of return.
