لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ 48
Translations
No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.
Transliteration
La yamassu-hum fi-ha nasabun wa-ma hum min-ha bi-mukhrajin
Tafsir (Explanation)
This ayah describes the eternal comfort of the inhabitants of Paradise, stating that they will never be touched by fatigue, exhaustion, or any form of hardship therein, and they will never be removed from it. Classical scholars like Ibn Kathir emphasize that 'nasab' (نصب) refers to all forms of physical and spiritual exhaustion, pain, and suffering, highlighting the complete peace and permanence of Paradise as a divine reward that contrasts sharply with the trials of worldly life.
Revelation Context
This ayah appears in the Meccan surah Al-Hijr, which emphasizes the certainty of the Day of Judgment and the reality of Paradise and Hell. It comes within a passage describing the blessings and characteristics of Paradise (verses 45-48), serving to console the believers facing persecution in Mecca and assure them of eternal divine reward.
Related Hadiths
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: 'In Paradise, there is what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has imagined' (Sahih Bukhari 3244). Additionally, hadith describes that inhabitants of Paradise will experience no pain, sorrow, or fatigue (Sunan Ibn Majah and other collections).
Themes
Key Lesson
This ayah provides reassurance that believers' patience and endurance in this temporary life will be rewarded with eternal rest and comfort in Paradise, encouraging steadfastness through worldly difficulties with the knowledge that ultimate peace awaits those who remain faithful to Allah.
Related Ayahs
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُۥ مِن نَّفَادٍ
Indeed, this is Our provision; for it there is no depletion.
وَبَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ كُلَّمَا رُزِقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مِن ثَمَرَةٍ رِّزْقًا ۙ قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى رُزِقْنَا مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَأُتُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُتَشَـٰبِهًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِيهَآ أَزْوَٰجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ ۖ وَهُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ
And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally.
لِّيُدْخِلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَيُكَفِّرَ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا
[And] that He may admit the believing men and the believing women to gardens beneath which rivers flow to abide therein eternally and remove from them their misdeeds - and ever is that, in the sight of Allāh, a great attainment
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ سَنُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ۖ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّا ۚ وَمَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ قِيلًا
But the ones who believe and do righteous deeds - We will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. [It is] the promise of Allāh, [which is] truth, and who is more truthful than Allāh in statement.