13008 - From Mujahid, he said: Firdaws is a garden in the Roman (Byzantine) language.

13009 - From al-Suddi, he said: Firdaws is the vineyard in the Nabataean language, and its origin is firdasa.

His saying: "They will wish for no change from it."

13010 - From Mujahid regarding His saying: "They will wish for no change from it," he said: A substitution.

His saying: "Say, if the sea were ink for the words of my Lord."

13011 - From Mujahid regarding His saying: "Say, if the sea were ink for the words of my Lord," he says: The knowledge of my Lord.

13012 - From Qatadah regarding His saying: "Say, if the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted," he says: The water of the sea would be exhausted before the speech of Allah and His wisdom are exhausted.

[His saying: So whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord]

13013 - From Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "So whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord" [to the end of the] verse, he said: It was revealed concerning the polytheists who worshipped another god alongside Allah; this is not regarding the believers.

13014 - From Tawus, he said: A man said: O Prophet of Allah, I stand in positions seeking the Face of Allah, and I like that my standing be seen. He did not respond to him with anything until this verse was revealed: "So whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord."

13015 - From Mujahid, he said: There were some among the Muslims who would fight while desiring that their position be seen, so Allah revealed: "So whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord" [to the end of the] verse.