36:55 Yaseen (Yaseen)

[لما ذكر تعالى] أن كل أحد لا يجازى إلا ما عمله، ذكر جزاء الفريقين، فبدأ بجزاء أهل الجنة، وأخبر أنهم في ذلك اليوم { فِي شُغُلٍ فَاكِهُونَ } أي: في شغل مفكه للنفس، مُلِذِّ لها، من كل ما تهواه النفوس، وتلذه العيون، ويتمناه المتمنون.

يخبر تعالى عن أهل الجنة أنهم يوم القيامة إذا ارتحلوا من العرصات فنزلوا في روضات الجنات أنهم في شغل عن غيرهم بما هم فيه من النعيم المقيم والفوز العظيم قال الحسن البصري وإسماعيل بن أبي خالد في شغل عما فيه أهل النار من العذاب وقال مجاهد "في شغل فاكهون" أي في نعيم معجبون أي به وكذا قال قتادة وقال ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما فاكهون أي فرحون قال عبدالله بن مسعود وابن عباس رضي الله عنهما وسعيد بن المسيب وعكرمة والحسن وقتادة والأعمش وسليمان التيمي والأوزاعي في قوله تبارك وتعالى "إن أصحاب الجنة اليوم في شغل فاكهون" قالوا شغلهم افتضاض الأبكار وقال ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما في رواية عنه "في شغل فاكهون" أي بسماع الأوتار وقال أبو حاتم لعله غلط من المستمع وإنما هو افتضاض الأبكار.

The Life of the People of Paradise

Allah tells us that on the Day of Resurrection, when the people of Paradise have reached the arena of judgement, and have settled in the gardens of Paradise, they will be too preoccupied with their own victory and new life of eternal delights to worry about anyone else. Al-Hasan Al-Basri and Isma`il bin Abi Khalid said, "They will be too busy to think about the torment which the people of Hell are suffering. Mujahid said:

فِى شُغُلٍ فَـكِهُونَ

(will be busy with joyful things.) "With the delights which they are enjoying." This was also the view of Qatadah. Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "This means that they will be rejoicing."

هُمْ وَأَزْوَجُهُمْ

(They and their wives) Mujahid said, "Their spouses,

فِى ظِلَـلٍ

(will be in pleasant shade,) means, in the shade of trees."

عَلَى الاٌّرَآئِكِ مُتَّكِئُونَ

(reclining on thrones.) Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Muhammad bin Ka`b, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, As-Suddi and Khusayf said:

الاٌّرَائِكِ

(throne) means beds beneath canopies.

لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَـكِهَةٌ

(They will have therein fruits) means, of all kinds.

وَلَهُمْ مَّا يَدَّعُونَ

(and all that they ask for.) means, whatever they ask for, they will find it, all kinds and types.

سَلاَمٌ قَوْلاً مِّن رَّبٍّ رَّحِيمٍ

("Salam (Peace!)" -- a Word from the Lord (Allah), Most Merciful.) Ibn Jurayj said, "Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, concerning this Ayah, Allah Himself, Who is the Peace (As-Salam) will grant peace to the people of Paradise. This view of Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, is like the Ayah:

تَحِيَّتُهُمْ يَوْمَ يَلْقَوْنَهُ سَلَـمٌ

(Their greeting on the Day they shall meet Him will be "Salam") (33:44).

Indeed today the inhabitants of Paradise are busy read fī shughlin or fī shughulin oblivious to what the inhabitants of the Fire are suffering busy delighting in pleasures such as deflowering virgins — not busy with anything wearisome as there is no toil in Paradise — rejoicing blissful fākihūna is a second predicate of inna the first being fī shugulin ‘busy’;

Then, in verse 55, it was said:إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ الْيَوْمَ فِي شُغُلٍ فَاكِهُونَ (The people of the Paradise are engaged today in (their) activities, happily enjoying [ them ]) - 36:55). After having mentioned the worries of the people of Jahannam, described here is the state of the people of Paradise on the day of Qiyamah that they will be enjoying themselves. The word: فَاكِهُونَ (fakihun) is the plural form of: فَاکِہُ (fakih). It signifies happiness of the heart as well as happiness out of one's surroundings. As for the expression: فِي شُغُلٍ (fi shughul) appearing before it, it could also mean that they will be totally unaffected by the misfortunes afflicting the people of Jahannam (as said by some commentators).

And then it is also possible that, at this place, this expression: فِي شُغُلٍ (fi shughul) has been added to remove the thought - when, in Jannah, there will be no religious duty like obligatory or necessary worship, nor the job of earning one's livelihood, would this lack of activity not leave one uptight or bored? - hence, it was said that their enjoyment itself will be their principal activity, and the question of any boredom simply does not arise.

Surely the companions of the Garden today are in an occupation, rejoicing. Wakīʿ ibn al-JarrāḤ said, “Their occupation in paradise is listening.” This is exactly what He says elsewhere: “They will be made happy in a garden” [30:15]. “You and your spouses, made happy” [43:70]. These are reports about listening in the Garden. In paradise, the faithful servant will delight in listening. The Exalted Lord will send Seraphiel, who will stand on his right hand and recite the Qur'an, and David, who will stand on his left hand and recite the Psalms. The servant will keep on listening until he becomes happy. His spirit will come to the listening, his heart to elation, and his secret core to the work. Of the body the tongue will remain, and that's it. Of the heart the mark will remain, and that's it. Of the spirit face-to-face vision will remain, and that's it. The body will be distracted by ecstasy, the heart consumed by witnessing, the spirit drowned in finding. The eyes will hope to see the Possessor of Majesty, the heart will hope for a pure wine [76:21], the spirit will hope for listening to the Real. The Exalted Lord will lift up the curtain of majesty and show the vision. He will caress the servant with cups of wine and begin to recite Ṭāhā and Yāsīn, and then the servant's spirit will begin to listen in reality. O chevalier! The body is not able to listen because it is attached to having the upper hand. The heart is not able to listen because it is a passer-by. “Listening” is the listening of the spirit, for it does not belong here. The body does not listen because it suffers pain from itself. The heart does not listen because it is passing the days. The spirit listens because it is solitary for the Solitary. Your seeker must be solitary like You- he must be free of every defect and pain. It has also been said that the occupation of the paradise-dwellers is ten things: a kingdom without dismissal, youth without old age, constant health without sickness, continued exaltation without abasement, ease without hardship, blessing without tribulation, subsistence without annihilation, life without death, approval without anger, and intimacy without estrangement. The Pir of the Tariqah said, “This is the occupation of the generality of the faithful, concern- ing whom MuṣṬafā said, 'Most of the folk of the Garden are simpletons.