The interpretation of His statement: {And give glad tidings to those who have Faith and do righteous deeds that for them are gardens beneath which rivers flow}

Abū Jaʿfar said: As for His statement, Exalted be He: "And give glad tidings," it means: inform them. Good tidings originally refers to news that brings joy to the one informed, provided that it precedes all other informers.

And this is a command from God, Exalted be He, to His Prophet Muḥammad (peace and blessings of God be upon him) to convey His glad tidings to His creation who have Faith in Him, in Muḥammad (peace and blessings of God be upon him), and in what he brought from his Lord, and who confirmed that Faith of theirs and their affirmation with righteous deeds. So He said to him: O Muḥammad, give glad tidings to whoever believes you—that you are My Messenger, and that what you have brought of guidance and light is from Me—and who verifies that belief of his in speech by performing the righteous deeds that I have obligated upon him and rendered mandatory in My Book through your tongue, that for him are gardens beneath which rivers flow, specifically, to the exclusion of whoever denied you, rejected the guidance you brought from Me, and opposed you, (1) and to the exclusion of whoever outwardly professed belief in you (2) and affirmed