سورة الواقِعَة
Surah Al-Wâqi‘ah 56:19
The Great Event · Verse 19 of 96
لَا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنْزِفُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
They will get no headache (or giddiness) from their (drinks), nor will they be inebriated and talk nonsense.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
No after-ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer intoxication:
Ahmed Ali
Unheady, uninebriating;
12 more translations
Ali Unal
From which no aching of the head ensues, nor intoxication of the mind;
Daryabadi
Whereby there shall be neither headiness nor will they be inebriated.
Faridul Haque
Their heads shall not ache with it, nor shall they lose their senses.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They are not affected with headache thereby, nor are they intoxicated,
Maulvi Sher Ali
No headache will they get therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -
Muhammad Asad
by which their minds will not be clouded and which will not make them drunk;
Muhammad Musin Khan
Wherefrom they will get neither any aching of the head, nor any intoxication.
Muhammad Pickthall
Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness,
Muhammad Sarwar
which will not cause them any intoxication or illness.
Muhammed ali Shakir
They shall not be affected with headache thereby, nor shall they get exhausted,
Rashad Khalifa
They never run out, nor do they get bored.
Shabbir Ahmed
Where from they get no headache nor beclouding of mind.
Commentary 56:15-37 In these verses the description of Paradise with words such as Abkâraأبكار, ‘Urubâعُرُبا and Atrâbaأُترابا are objected to by non-Muslims and those…
On 56:15–37
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56:15-37 In these verses the description of Paradise with words such as Abkâraأبكار, ‘Urubâعُرُبا and Atrâbaأُترابا are objected to by non-Muslims and those who are weak in their faith. They bring these words in connection with female houris and virgins who are waiting for the believers in Paradise. Ignorance of the classical Arabic language and expression is the cause of this widespread assumption. This objection ignores what the Holy Qur’ân says at other places while describing the Paradise. These words describe the utmost beauty of the Paradise. Verses 13:35; 47:15; 57:12 and others clearly convey that the description given for Paradise is only symbolic, and the fact remains that “no soul knows what comfort lies hidden from them in the form of a joy for the eyes as a reward for their righteous deeds” (32:17); and again, “Wing your ways to the protection of your Lord and to Paradise whose expanse is as vast as the heaven and the earth” (3:133; 57:21), in other words no one can conceive the reality and vastness of the Paradise.
The words Abkâraأَبْكَارًا, ‘Urubâعُرُبًا and Atrâbaأَتْرَابًا in verses 36-37 are metaphors of beauty. Allegory and metaphor cannot form the basis of our belief, and the one, who bases his faith on figurative statements, forsaking the basic principles, goes astray and causes others to fall away from the right path. Persons skilled in the use of languages know well that figures of speech and metaphors are the ornament of a language. They make expression very powerful and are especially useful as here, when the ones addressed do not have the capabilities to grasp the nature of a different realm. Furthermore, Metaphors enhance the rhetorical dignity of a book, no matter whether it is the word of God or that of a mortal.