7:44

وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ أَن قَدۡ وَجَدۡنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقّٗا فَهَلۡ وَجَدتُّم مَّا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمۡ حَقّٗاۖ قَالُواْ نَعَمۡۚ فَأَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡ أَن لَّعۡنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Wanada ashabu aljannati ashaba alnnari an qad wajadna ma waAAadana rabbuna haqqan fahal wajadtum ma waAAada rabbukum haqqan qaloo naAAam faaththana muaththinun baynahum an laAAnatu Allahi AAala alththalimeena

And the companions of Paradise will call out to the companions of the Fire, "We have already found what our Lord promised us to be true. Have you found what your Lord promised to be true?" They will say, "Yes." Then an announcer will announce among them, "The curse of Allah shall be upon the wrongdoers."

Word by word
  1. وَنَادَىٰٓAnd will call out
  2. أَصۡحَٰبُ(the) companions
  3. ٱلۡجَنَّةِ(of) Paradise
  4. أَصۡحَٰبَ(to the) companions
  5. ٱلنَّارِ(of) the Fire
  6. أَنthat
  7. قَدۡIndeed
  8. وَجَدۡنَاwe found
  9. مَاwhat
  10. وَعَدَنَا(had) promised us
  11. رَبُّنَاour Lord
  12. حَقّٗاtrue
  13. فَهَلۡSo have
  14. وَجَدتُّمyou found
  15. مَّاwhat
  16. وَعَدَ(was) promised
  17. رَبُّكُمۡ(by) your Lord
  18. حَقّٗاۖ(to be) true
  19. قَالُواْThey will say
  20. نَعَمۡۚYes
  21. فَأَذَّنَThen will announce
  22. مُؤَذِّنُۢan announcer
  23. بَيۡنَهُمۡamong them
  24. أَن[that]
  25. لَّعۡنَةُ(The) curse
  26. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allah
  27. عَلَى(is) on
  28. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoers
Al-A'raf · 7:44Makkah

We found His promise true. Did you find yours?

One question across the divide


The call
people of Paradise"we found it true"
ask
people of the Fire"yes"
What both found
maybe it is not realjust words
every promise truethe good and the warning

The people of Paradise call across: we found our Lord's promise true. Have you? They answer yes. The tafsir recalls that after Badr, the Prophet ﷺ called the fallen leaders of Quraysh by name with the same question.

You hear about the Day and file it under "probably." You make plans for the weekend with far more certainty. One day everyone will say yes to this question. The difference is only when.

The promises about the Hereafter are probably true, someday.

Every promise and warning from Allah will be found exactly true.

Try this

Read one verse about Paradise today and let yourself believe it fully for a minute.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

And the dwellers of Paradise will call out to the dwellers of the Fire (saying): "We have indeed found true what our Lord had promised us; have you also found true what your Lord promised (warned)?" They shall say: "Yes." Then a crier will proclaim between them: "The curse of Allah is on the wrongdoers. (44)Those who hindered (men) from the path of Allah, and would seek to make it crooked, and they were disbelievers in the Hereafter (45)

People of Hellfire will feel Anguish upon Anguish

Allah mentioned how the people of the Fire will be addressed, chastised and admonished when they take their places in the Fire,

قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقًّا فَهَلْ وَجَدتُّم مَّا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّا قَالُوا نَعَمْ

("We (dwellers of Paradise) have indeed found true what our Lord had promised us; have you (dwellers of Hell) also found true what your Lord promised (warned)?" They shall say: "Yes.")

In Surat As-Saffat, Allah mentioned the one who had a disbelieving companion,

فَاطَّلَعَ فَرَآهُ فِي سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ - قَالَ تَاللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرْدِينِ - وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِينَ - أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ - إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

(So he looked down and saw him in the midst of the Fire. He said: "By Allah! You have nearly ruined me. Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I would certainly have been among those brought forth (to Hell)." (The dwellers of Paradise will say!) "Are we then not to die (any more)? Except our first death, and we shall not be punished?")[37:55-59].

Allah will punish the disbeliever for the claims he used to utter in this life. The angels will also admonish the disbelievers, saying,

هَٰذِهِ النَّارُ الَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ - أَفَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَا أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ - اصْلَوْهَا فَاصْبِرُوا أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

(This is the Fire which you used to belie. Is this magic or do you not see? Taste you therein its heat and whether you are patient of it or impatient of it, it is all the same. You are only being requited for what you used to do)[52:14-16].

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ admonished the inhabitants of the well at Badr:

يَا أَبَا جَهْلِ بْنَ هِشَامٍ وَيَا عُتْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ وَيَا شَيْبَةَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ - وَسَمَّى رُؤُوسَهُمْ - هَلْ وَجَدْتُمْ مَا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّا فَإِنِّي وَجَدْتُ مَا وَعَدَنِي رَبِّي حَقًّا

(O Abu Jahl bin Hisham! O 'Utbah bin Rabi'ah! O Shaybah bin Rabi'ah (and he called their leaders by name)! Have you found what your Lord promised to be true (the Fire)? I certainly found what my Lord has promised me to be true (victory).)

'Umar said, "O Allah's Messenger! Do you address a people who have become rotten carrion?" He ﷺ said,

وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا أَنْتُمْ بِأَسْمَعَ لِمَا أَقُولُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَكِنْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ أَنْ يُجِيبُوا

(By He in Whose Hand is my soul! You do not hear what I am saying better than they do, but they cannot reply.) Allah's statement,

فَأَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ بَيْنَهُمْ

(Then a crier will proclaim between them) will herald and announce,

أَن لَّعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ

(The curse of Allah is on the wrongdoers) meaning, the curse will reside with the wrongdoers. Allah then described them by saying,

الَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا

(Those who hindered (men) from the path of Allah, and would seek to make it crooked) meaning, they hindered the people from following Allah's path, His Law, and what the Prophets brought. They sought to make Allah's path appear crooked and winding, so that no one would follow it. Allah said,

وَهُم بِالْآخِرَةِ كَافِرُونَ

(and they were disbelievers in the Hereafter)

They disbelieved in the Meeting with Allah in the Hereafter, They used to deny this will ever occur, not accepting it nor believing in it. This is why they used to discount the seriousness of the evil deeds and statements that they committed, because they did not fear any reckoning or punishment. Therefore, they were and are indeed the worst people in statement and action.