Transliteration:( Innal-laaha yudkhilul lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati Jannaatin tajree min tahtihal anhaaru wallazeena kafaroo yatamatta'oona wa ya'kuloona kamaa ta'kulul an'aamu wan Naaru maswan lahum )
27. Either, they should do good deeds or remain under the control of the pious, like the minor children of the believers.
28. In Paradise are rivulets, not sea and oceans. From the many reasons one is that a rivulet is easy to be controlled while a sea cannot be controlled. Secondly, a rivulet is attractive while a sea is winding and lacks the beauty of the river. Thirdly, a river is beneficial but when a sea is in flood it can cause a great deal of harm. Fourthly, a rivulet can be directed into one's place but a sea cannot be diverted into one's home.
29. The infidels, after using the bounties of the world for a few days discard them but a believer makes the bounties of the world the medium of earning the Hereafter and in this way uses them continually.
His charities and sacrifices will help him in the grave; the worships that he had performed through their use would benefit him on the Day of Judgement. May Allah Almighty grant this to us.
30. This tells us that a person who does not distinguish between the lawful and the prohibited and the one who eats everything indiscriminately, is not just like of an animal but worse than that. They are totally ignorant i.e. animals eat indiscriminately because they do not possess the faculty of intelligence, but man who has been blessed with this faculty. lowers himself to the position worse than that of the animals when he does such a thing. Thus, he who eats merely for physical comforts is indeed an animal. A believer eats to gain energy for the worship of Allah Almighty.
31. The end result of the sustenance of the infidels is the fire of Hell, because after consuming the food from animals that they had reared, they had committed infidelity.
The tafsir of Surah Muhammad verse 12 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Muhammad ayat 10 which provides the complete commentary from verse 10 through 13.
(47:12) Allah shall admit those who believe and do righteous works to the Gardens beneath which rivers flow. As for the unbelievers, they enjoy the pleasures of this transient life and eat as cattle eat.[17] The Fire shall be their resort.
17. That is, just as an animal eats and does not think where from the food it eats has come, who has created it, and what rights of the creator are imposed on it for providing it with food, so are these people also eating and have no higher values or ideals beyond eating.
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