Transliteration:( Qaalooo innaa kunnaa qablu feee ahlinaa mushfiqeen )
31. From this, emerge three issues: 1 The inmates of Paradise would be able to remember their worldly activities, which they yould be discussing therein.
2 The fear of Allah Almighty is the foundation of piety. One should fear Allah Almighty even after doing good deeds.
3. The fear of the world becomes the means of being fearless in the Hereafter.
The tafsir of Surah Tur verse 26 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Tur ayat 21 which provides the complete commentary from verse 21 through 28.
20. That is, we were not heedless and living a care-free life of ease and comfort, but we were always on our guard lest we should commit an evil for which we may be held accountable before God. Here, the mention of “we were among our people, in fear and dread,†in particular, has been made for the reason that man commits evil mostly when he is deeply engrossed in arranging ease and comfort for his children and trying to make their future secure and happy. For the same purpose, he earns forbidden things by forbidden means, usurps the rights of others and makes evil plans. That is why the dwellers of Paradise will say to one another: That which particularly saved us from the evil of the Hereafter was that while living among our families we did not think so much of arranging the pleasures of life and a splendid future for them as for avoiding for their sake those methods and means that might ruin our life in the Hereafter and that we should not lead our children also on to the way that might make them worthy of the torment of Allah.
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