📘 Therein is a flowing spring, flowing [freely] (muṭṭarada), without [being impeded] by any furrow (ghayr ukhdūd).

📘 and therein are raised couches,That is, raised beds, upon each of which are seventy mattresses (firāsh) each as lofty as a high palace (ghurfa) of this world. Sahl said:God, Exalted is He, mentioned these bounties to make it [Paradise] enticing for them. While He warns them that His punishment is in proportion to His authority (sulṭān), [He also informs them that] His generosity (karāma) is in proportion to His tremendousness (ʿaẓīm al-shaʾn) and authority (sulṭān). However, the hearts of the disbelievers in Mecca did not benefit fromthis, even though He reminded them of His omnipotence (qudra), in order that they might take a lesson [from it].Then He says, Exalted is He:

📘 Will they not consider the camels, how they are made?In its inner meaning it is a command for the believers to humble themselves before Him and declare their neediness for Him. He says: �Consider the camels, how they have been created and how, notwithstanding their make up and their strength, they yield to a boy driving them without showing bewilderment (taḥayyur), and without choosing to do anything else.� Thus, you are not incapable of being with your Lord as the camel is with its owner, and this is why the Messenger said: �Be for your Lord as the yielding camel�, meaning compliant (miṭwāʿ). But God, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows best.His words, Exalted is He:

📘 Some faces on that day will be humbled,That is, [they will face] humiliation (dhalīla), because God, Exalted is He, had ordered them to submit, become humble, and show neediness towards Him in this life, but they did not, so He brought them low in the Hereafter with everlasting humiliation (dhilla bāqiya). His words, Exalted is He:

📘 toiling, weary,That is, toiling in this world with innovations (bidaʿ) and aberrations (ḍalālāt), weary in the Hereafter from the punishment in the lowest regions of Hell (darakāt).

📘 made to drink from a boiling spring,That is, from a spring of pus whose heat has reached its extreme, which He also called ḥamīm ʾān [55:44], meaning that it has reached its ultimate degree of heat.His words, Exalted is He:

📘 Other faces on that day will be radiant with bliss,That is, [in] blessing (niʿma) and honour (karāma).

📘 pleased with their efforts,in the Hereafter. His words, Exalted is He: