ONE AYAT A DAY
اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ اِنَّا لَا نُضِيْعُ اَجْرَ مَنْ اَحْسَنَ عَمَلًاۚ
Innal-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti innā lā nuḍī‘u ajra man aḥsana ‘amalā(n).
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds.
The Reward of those Who believe and do Righteous DeedsWhen Allah mentions the state of those who are doomed, He follows that by mentioning the blessed who believed in Allah and believed what His Messengers brought, those who did the righteous deeds that they commanded them to do. They will have Jannatu `Adn. `Adn means lasting.تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ الاٌّنْهَـرُ(wherein rivers flow beneath them,) means, from beneath its rooms and dwellings. Fir`awn said:وَهَـذِهِ الاٌّنْهَـرُ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِى(and these rivers flowing beneath me...) 43:51يُحَلَّوْنَ(they will be adorned) means, with jewelry.فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ(with bracelets of gold,) Allah says elsewhere:وَلُؤْلُؤاً وَلِبَاسُهُمْ فِيهَا حَرِيرٌ(and pearls and their garments therein will be of silk) 22:23. This is explained in more detail here, where Allah says:وَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا خُضْرًا مِّن سُنْدُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ(and they will wear green garments of Sundus and Istabraq.) Sundus refers to a fine garment, like a shirt and the like, and Istabraq is thick and shiny velvet.مُّتَّكِئِينَ فِيهَا عَلَى الاٌّرَائِكِ(They will be Muttaki'in therein on Ara'ik.) The word Muttaki'in implies lying down, or it was said that it means sitting with one's legs crossed, which is closer to the meaning here. In a Sahih Hadith, the Prophet said:«أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَا آكُلُ مُتَّكِئًا»(As for me, I do not eat sitting with legs cros…