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(4). 3357. Abū Hurairah said:
"When this Āyah was revealed: 'Then on that Day, you shall be asked about the delights!'[4] the people said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! About which delights shall we be asked? For they are only the two black things, while the enemy is present and our swords are (at the ready) upon our shoulders?'" He said: 'But it is what shall come.'
(Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] To me, the narration of Ibn 'Uyainah from Muḥammad bin 'Amr (no. 3356) is more correct than this. Sufyān bin 'Uyainah was better at remembering and more correct in
narrating than Abū Bakr bin 'Ayyāsh.
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Footnotes
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[1] At-Takāthūr 102:8.
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[2] That is, they understood Na'īm to refer to these delights.
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[3] "This carries two possible meanings: One of them is that the delights you are to be asked about are yet to come. The second is that the questioning that is yet to come will be about the two black things, for they are indeed two blessings among the blessings of Allāh Most High." (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi).
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[4] At-Takāthūr 102:8.
Commentary
They meant that they were constantly in danger and at risk, they had the fear of the enemy, they were armed at all times, in these circumstances, these two things are not such a great favor that they would be questioned about. Upon this, the Prophet ﷺ answered as mentioned in the Hadīth.
