Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
13 reclining therein on couches.
They will find in it neither any [scorching] sun,
nor any [biting] cold.
14 Its shades will be close over them
and its clusters [of fruits] will be hanging low.
15 They will be served around with vessels of silver
16 and goblets of crystal
— crystal of silver —1
[from] which they dispense in a precise measure.
17 They will be served therein with a cup of a drink
seasoned with Zanjabīl,2
18 a spring in it, named Salsabīl.
19 They will be waited upon by immortal youths,
whom, when you see them,
you will suppose them to be scattered pearls.
20 As you look,
you will see there bliss and a great kingdom.
21 Upon them will be cloaks of green silk
and brocade
and they will be adorned with bracelets of silver.
Their Lord will give them to drink a pure drink.
22 [They will be told]: ‘This is indeed your reward,
and your endeavour has been well-appreciated.’
23 Indeed We have sent down to you the Qur’ān
in a gradual descent.
24 So submit patiently to the judgement of your Lord,
and do not obey any sinner or ingrate among them,
25 and celebrate the Name of your Lord
1 According to Tafsīr al-Qummī, vol. 2, p. 399, the silver will be transparent.
2 Lit., ginger.
