Tafseer of Defrauding · Al-Mutaffifin · 83:27
And its mixture is of Tasneem,
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Explanation of the statement of the Exalted: وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ ("And its mixture is of tasnīm") (83:27).
The Exalted — exalted be His mention — says: and the mixture of this pure drink is of tasnīm. Tasnīm is the tafʿīl-form of the statement of him who says: sannamtuhum al-ʿayn tasnīman, that is: when you cause the spring to flow over them from above them. Its meaning in this place is thus: and its mixture is of water that descends upon them from above them and flows down upon them. Mujāhid and al-Kalbī used to say it thus.
Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr related to me, saying: Abū ʿĀṣim related to us, saying: ʿĪsā related to us; and al-Ḥārith related to me, saying: al-Ḥasan related to us, saying: Warqāʾ related to us — both on the authority of Ibn Abī Najīḥ, on the authority of Mujāhid, concerning His word: تَسْنِيمٍ — he said: tasnīm: it rises up.
Ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā related to us, saying: Ibn Thawr related to us, on the authority of Maʿmar, on the authority of al-Kalbī, concerning His word: تَسْنِيمٍ — he said: tasnīm: it pours itself out upon them from above them, and it is the drink of those brought near (al-muqarrabūn). As for the rest of the scholars of exegesis, they said: it is a spring with which the pure drink is mixed for the people of the right hand (aṣḥāb al-yamīn); as for those brought near, they drink it pure.
* Mention of who said that:
Abū Kurayb related to us, saying: Wakīʿ related to us, on the authority of al-Aʿmash, on the authority of ʿAbd Allah ibn Murra, on the authority of Masrūq, on the authority of ʿAbd Allah, concerning His word: مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ — he said: a spring in the Garden which those brought near drink, and which is mixed for the people of the right hand.
Ibn Bashshār related to us, saying: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān related to us, saying: Sufyān related to us, on the authority of al-Aʿmash, on the authority of ʿAbd Allah ibn Murra, on the authority of Masrūq, on the authority of ʿAbd Allah: وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ — he said: those brought near drink it pure, and it is mixed for the people of the right hand.
Ibn Ḥumayd related to us, saying: Mihrān related to us, on the authority of Sufyān, on the authority of Manṣūr, on the authority of Mālik ibn al-Ḥārith, on the authority of Masrūq: وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ — he said: a spring in the Garden which those brought near drink pure, and which is mixed for the people of the right hand.
He said: Mihrān related to us, on the authority of Sufyān, on the authority of al-Aʿmash, on the authority of ʿAbd Allah ibn Murra, on the authority of Masrūq: عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ ("a spring from which those brought near drink") — he said: those brought near drink from it pure, and it is mixed for the people of the right hand.
Ṭalḥa ibn Yaḥyā al-Yarbūʿī related to me, saying: Fuḍayl ibn ʿIyāḍ related to us, on the authority of Manṣūr, on the authority of Mālik ibn al-Ḥārith, concerning His word: وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ — he said: in the Garden there is a spring from which those brought near drink pure, and which is mixed for the rest of the inhabitants of the Garden.
Ibn Ḥumayd related to us, saying: Yaḥyā ibn Wāḍiḥ related to us, saying: Abū Ḥamza related to us, on the authority of ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, concerning His word: وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ * عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ — pure, and it is mixed therein for those who are below them.
Ibn Ḥumayd related to us, saying: Jarīr related to us, on the authority of Manṣūr, on the authority of Mālik ibn al-Ḥārith, concerning His word: وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ — he said: tasnīm is a spring in the Garden which those brought near drink pure, and which is mixed for the rest of the inhabitants of the Garden.
Ibn Ḥumayd related to us, saying: Yaḥyā ibn Wāḍiḥ related to us, saying: Abū Ḥamza related to us, on the authority of ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib, on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, concerning His word: وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ — he said: a spring from which those brought near drink, and it is mixed therein for those who are below them.
Muḥammad ibn Saʿd related to me, saying: my father related to me, saying: my uncle related to me, saying: my father related to me, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, concerning His word: وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ * عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا الْمُقَرَّبُونَ — a spring of the water of the Garden with which the wine is mixed.
Yaʿqūb related to me, saying: Ibn ʿUlayya related to us, on the authority of Abū Rajāʾ, on the authority of al-Ḥasan, concerning His word: وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ — he said: hidden things which Allah has kept hidden for the inhabitants of the Garden.
Ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā related to us, saying: ʿImrān ibn ʿUyayna related to us, on the authority of Ismāʿīl, on the authority of Abū Ṣāliḥ, concerning His word: وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ — he said: it is the noblest drink in the Garden. For those brought near it is pure, and for the inhabitants of the Garden it is a mixture.
Bishr related to me, saying: Yazīd related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda, concerning His word: وَمِزَاجُهُ مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ — a noble drink, a spring in the Garden which those brought near drink pure, and which is mixed for the rest of the inhabitants of the Garden.
