Today’s Advice from a Companion: Extinguish Rancour with Piety, Overlook One Another, and Seek This Unimaginable Reward

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Allah, The Most High, said:

 إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

ادْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَامٍ آمِنِينَ

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَابِلِينَ

لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ

Truly! The pious and righteous will be amidst Gardens and water-springs (Paradise). “(It will be said to them): ‘Enter therein (Paradise), in peace and security.” And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other. No sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave it. [Al-Hijr 45-48]

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ } فتبقى قلوبهم سالمة من كل دغل وحسد متصافية متحابة { إخوانا على سرر متقابلين }
دل ذلك على تزاورهم واجتماعهم وحسن أدبهم فيما بينهم في كون كل منهم مقابلا للآخر لا مستدبرا له متكئين على تلك السرر المزينة بالفرش واللؤلؤ وأنواع الجواهر

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ

And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment.

Meaning: So that their hearts will remain free from every trace of rancour and envy, sincere and affectionate (towards one another).

إخوانا على سرر متقابلين

[so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.

Meaning: This shows that they will visit one another and gather together, and that they will observe good manners with each other, as each of them will face the other rather than turn his back on him, (while) reclining upon those thrones adorned with fine decorations, pearls, and various kinds of jewels. [An Excerpt from Tafsir As-Sadi. Paraphrased]