Tafsirs List > Tafsir

Tafsir

< >
View

وَكَأْساً دِهَاقاً
٣٤
-An-Naba’ ( النبأ )

Tafsir al-Tustari

and a brimming cup.That is, continuously full.Once, a wise man (ḥakīm) met another wise man in Mosul and said to him, ‘Do you long for the dark-eyed houris?’ He replied: ‘Should I not long for them, when the light of their faces is from the light of God, Majestic and Mighty is He?’ At this he [the wise man] fell into a swoon and was carried to his home. For a month afterwards people would visit him due to his sickness.Ibn ʿAbbās, y said, ‘If one of the maidens [of Paradise] were to spit into the seven seas, they would become sweeter than honey.’ But God, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows best.His words, Exalted is He:


Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
© 2021 Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan (http://www.aalalbayt.org) ® All Rights Reserved.
Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, this work may not be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the Great Tafsirs Project, Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought (aalalbayt@aalalbayt.org)