Today's verse

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْم

ﺳﻮﺭﺓ َ ﺍﻟﺘﻜﺎﺛﺮ

Suratul At-Takathur

[The Piling Up]

Verse 8

Arabic:

ﺛُﻢَّ ﻟَﺘُﺴْﺄَﻟُﻦَّ ﻳَﻮْﻣَﺌِﺬٍ ﻋَﻦِ ﺍﻟﻨَّﻌِﻴﻢ

Transliteration:

Thumma latusalunna yawmaidhin 'anin na'eem

Meaning:
8. Then on that Day you shall be asked about the
delights!

Tafsir [Continuation]

According to a hadith, when the companions heard verse 8, they said, "O Messenger of Allah, we are eating only the bread of barley and have only enough of that to half fill our bellies." Then came the revelation, "Do you not go out on your shoes, do you not drink cold water,? These are the bounties about which you will be asked."

Another hadith that enumerates the bounties, for which one will be accountable, includes such things as cold water, shady houses, sound sleep, honey, drink and bread. Ibn 'Abbas, in his commentary says that one will be asked about his health and about the faculties of hearing and seeing. The Qur'an itself said:

"Verily, the hearing, and the sight, and the heart, of each of those you will be questioned" Q17:36.

Bukhari reported a hadith which said: "There are two things about which the people are careless; health and leisure. Neither they thank for them, nor value them, nor use them according to the will of the All-Mighty.

And this is the end of this chapter.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir