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سُورَةُ الرَّحۡمَٰن · 55:56
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فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ

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In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinni -

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Introduction

This is āyah 56 of Sūrat Ar-Rahmaan (The Beneficent), the 97th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Medinan period and sits within Juzʾ 27. Medinan verses often address community life, law, and the building of society.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Medinan
Order revealed
97 of 114
Surah
Ar-Rahmaan (55)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Reclining upon the couches lined with Istabraq, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand (54)Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny (55)Wherein both will be Qaşirāt Aṭ-Ṭarf, whom never deflowered a human before nor Jinn (56)Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny (57)They are like Yaqut and Marjan (58)Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny (59)Is there any reward for good other than good (60)Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny (61) Allah said, مُتَّكِئِينَ (Reclining), in reference to the residents of Paradise, who will recline or sit cross-legged; عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍ بَطَائِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ (upon the couches lined with Istabraq,) which is thick silk brocade, according to 'Ikrimah, Ad-Dahhak and Qatadah. Abu 'Imran Al-Jawni said, "It is thick silk embroidered with gold." In this way…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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