Az-Zukhruf (Ornaments of gold)

72. This is the Paradise which you have been made to inherit because of your deeds which you used to do.

73. Therein for you will be fruits in plenty of which you will eat.

According to traditions, God has specified for each person a place in Hell and another place in Paradise.

The people of Paradise inherit the place of the people of Hell in Paradise and the people of Hell inherit the place of the people of Paradise in Hell.¹

The issue of inheriting Paradise in mentioned in different Verses, an instance of which is:

“These are indeed the inheritors who shall inherit Paradise and dwell in it forever”2 .

To make it clear that so many Bounties in Paradise are bestowed upon the

God fearing for their deeds, the blessed Verse 72 says:

“This is the Paradise which you have been made to inherit.”

It is of interest to learn that on the one hand the recompense of past deeds are mentioned and on the other hand mention is made of

“inheritance”

which usually denotes some gain fallen into someone’s share with no pain at all. It demonstrates the fact that human deeds serve as the pivot of his deliverance but what he receives for them far exceeds the recompense of his deeds.

Some exegets maintain that the allegory makes a reference to what mentioned above according to which for each and every person two dwelling places are reserved in Paradise and in Hell; people of Paradise inherit the place reserved in Paradise for the people of Hell and the people of Hell inherit the place reserved in Hell for the people of Paradise!

Verse 73 makes mention of the fruits of Paradise which are amongst the best Divine Bounties, saying:

“Therein for you will be fruits in plenty of which you will eat.”

According to a tradition:

“No one picks up the fruits of trees in Paradise unless two folds shall grow instead of them.”3

Such Bounties constitute some of the invigorating Bounties in Paradise to be granted to those who are faithful and do righteous good deeds.