ْقَالَ أَلَمْ 755 طٰهٰ
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَى ﴿۱۱۶﴾ فَقُلْنَا يَا آدَمُ إِنَّ هَذَا عَدُوٌّ لَكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَى ﴿۱۱۷﴾ إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعْرَى ﴿۱۱۸﴾ وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظْمَأُ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضْحَى ﴿۱۱۹﴾
﴾116﴿ Wa iz qulnaa lilma laaa'ikatis judoo li Aadama fasajadooo illaaa Ibleesa; abaa
﴾117﴿ Faqulnaa yaaa Aadamu inna haazaa 'aduwwul laka wa lizawjika falaa yukhrijan nakumaa minal Jannati fatashqaa
﴾118﴿ Innaa laka allaa tajoo'a feeha wa laa ta'raa
﴾119﴿ Wa annaka laa tazma'u feehaa wa laa tadhaa
﴾116﴿ And when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," they prostrated, except for Iblis; he refused
﴾117﴿ So We said, O Adam, indeed this [Iblis] is an enemy to you and your wife. So let him not drive you both out of Paradise, lest you fall into hardship
﴾118﴿ Surely, it is decreed for you (before succumbing to the temptation of Iblis) that you will neither go hungry therein nor be unclothed
﴾119﴿ And surely, you will neither thirst therein nor suffer from the heat
[116] The explanation of the prostration and the denial by Iblis has already been mentioned in Surahs Al-Baqarah, Al-A‘raf, Al-Hijr, and Al-Kahf.
[117] In this verse, there is a warning to Adam (peace be upon him) about the enmity of Iblis and a prohibition from following him, as it leads to being expelled from Paradise and results in misery and hardship.
"Fatashqa" is derived from hardship, referring to the burdens and difficulties of worldly life—it is not derived from shaqāwah (wretchedness).
[118,119] In this verse, four blessings of Paradise are mentioned, but they are conditional upon not disobeying the command of Allah.
The first blessing is that there is no hunger in Paradise.
The second blessing is that there is no nakedness. These two are mentioned together because hunger relates to the inner self, while nakedness relates to the outer self, and both are forms of humiliation.
Also, the first human need is for food, and then for clothing.
The third blessing is that there is no thirst in Paradise.
The fourth is that there is no heat. The first relates to the inner self, and the second to the outer, and both involve heat—this is why they are mentioned together.
The reason for the order of these four is that a person first seeks food, then clothing, then water, and finally relief from heat.
Benefit: In Paradise, there is neither heat nor cold, but since heat is a more intense and common hardship, it is mentioned specifically.