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سورة القِیَامَة

Surah Al-Qiyâmah 75:23

The Resurrection · Verse 23 of 40

إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Looking (absorbed in the vision of) their Lord;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Looking towards their Lord;

Ahmed Ali

Waiting for their Lord.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Looking up toward their Lord.

Daryabadi

Looking toward their Lord.

Faridul Haque

Looking toward their Lord.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Looking to their Lord.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Looking eagerly towards their Lord;

Muhammad Asad

looking up to their Sustainer;

Muhammad Musin Khan

Looking at their Lord (Allah);

Muhammad Pickthall

Looking toward their Lord;

Muhammad Sarwar

and look forward to receiving mercy from their Lord.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Looking to their Lord.

Rashad Khalifa

Looking at their Lord.

Shabbir Ahmed

Looking up to their Lord.

Commentary 75:23 “Some faces will be beaming, looking at their Lord” is the highest state a servant can reach while treading on the path shown by His Lord. The Lord will…

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

75:23 “Some faces will be beaming, looking at their Lord” is the highest state a servant can reach while treading on the path shown by His Lord. The Lord will appear with His Glory before His servants and His Light shall beam on their faces. This is the state of intimacy and “closeness” to the Lord. Paradise has its ranks (46:19) and the highest rank is that of “the Dunes” (al-Ahqâfالأحقاف ). The perfect servant has already ascended to the highest rank of Paradise prepared for him by Him. It is a place of unimaginable awe and amazement where the “faces will be beaming, looking at their Lord”. There are no rivers of “honey”, which is a symbol of healing (16:69), as this servant is already healed, and there is no “milk”, which is a symbol of knowledge, as His selected servant already knows Him. The path treaded by His perfect servant will lead him to the Light of His Uniqueness – Ahadiyyatأحديت (112:1-3; 46:31). Ahadiyyat is a state of realization that there is no other Reality but Allâh. He is the One Who sees, He is the eye. He is the One who will be seen through His own eyes (Shabustari in Gulshan-i-Râz). The one who knows, knows Him through the services of a “perfect guide” – His Prophets. These servants treaded on the path shown by the “perfect guide”. Those who do not know their “perfect guide,” will not see Him. “Whosoever remained blind to the Truth in this world shall remain blind in the Hereafter” (17:72; cf. 6:50).