15:48

لَا يَمَسُّهُمۡ فِيهَا نَصَبٞ وَمَا هُم مِّنۡهَا بِمُخۡرَجِينَ

La yamassuhum feeha nasabun wama hum minha bimukhrajeena

No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.

Word by word
  1. لَاNot
  2. يَمَسُّهُمۡwill touch them
  3. فِيهَاtherein
  4. نَصَبٞfatigue
  5. وَمَاand not
  6. هُمthey
  7. مِّنۡهَاfrom it
  8. بِمُخۡرَجِينَwill be removed
Al-Hijr · 15:48Makkah

No tiredness there, and no leaving.

The end of fatigue and of goodbyes


Two things removed
fatiguewill not touch them
being removedwill never happen
instead
foreverhealthy, young, staying
What tiredness means
life is exhaustionit never stops
a rest is comingwith no end to it

Ibn Kathir cites the Sahih: Khadijah was given the good news of a palace in Paradise with no toil and no fatigue. And a hadith: you will be healthy and never sick, live and never die, stay and never leave. He links it to 18:108.

Six in the morning, alarm, kids, commute, deadlines, dishes, bed. Repeat. You are tired in a way sleep does not fix. This verse promises a place where that tiredness cannot touch you.

I will be tired until the day I die.

The exhaustion of this life is temporary; a rest with no fatigue and no ending is promised.

Try this

Take five minutes today to rest without your phone, and thank Allah for the rest that is coming.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 15:45)

Truly, those who have Taqwa, will dwell in Gardens and water springs (45)(It will be said to them): "Enter it in peace and security. (46)And We shall remove any deep feeling of bitterness from their breasts. (So they will be like) brothers facing each other on thrones (47)No sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they be asked to leave i (48)Declare to My servants that I am truly the Forgiving, the Most Merciful (49)And that My torment is indeed the most painful torment (50)

Description of the People of Paradise

Since Allah mentioned the condition of the people of Hell, He followed that by mentioning the people of Paradise. He tells us that they will dwell in Gardens and water springs.

ادْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَامٍ

(Enter it in peace) meaning free of all problems.

آمِنِينَ

(and security.) meaning free from all fear and concern. They will not have any fear of expulsion, nor will they fear that their condition will be disrupted or end.

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَابِلِينَ

(And We shall remove any deep feeling of bitterness from their breasts. (So they will be like) brothers facing each other on thrones.) Al-Qasim narrated that Abu Umamah said: "The people of Paradise will enter Paradise with whatever enmity is left in their hearts from this world. Then, when they come together, Allah will remove whatever hatred the world has left in their hearts." Then he recited:

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ

(And We shall remove any deep feeling of bitterness from their breasts.) This is how it was narrated in this report, but Al-Qasim bin 'Abdur-Rahman is weak in his reports from Abu Umamah. However, this is in accord with the report in the Sahih where Qatadah says, "Abu Al-Mutawakkil An-Naji told us that Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri told them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

يَخْلُصُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ مِنَ النَّارِ، فَيُحْبَسُونَ عَلَى قَنْطَرَةٍ بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ. فَيُقْتَصُّ لِبَعْضِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ مَظَالِمُ كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَتَّى إِذَا هُذِّبُوا وَنُقُّوا، أُذِنَ لَهُمْ فِي دُخُولِ الْجَنَّةِ

(The believers will be removed from the Fire, and they will be detained on a bridge between Paradise and Hell. Then judgment will be passed between them concerning any wrong they have committed in this world against one another, until they are cleansed and purified. Then permission will be given to them to enter Paradise.)"

لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ

(No sense of fatigue shall touch them) meaning no harm or hardship, as was reported in the Sahihs:

أَنَّ اللهَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُبَشِّرَ خَدِيجَةَ بِبَيْتٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ قَصَبٍ لَا صَخَبَ فِيهِ وَلَا نَصَبَ

(Allah commanded me to tell Khadijah the good news of a jeweled palace in Paradise in which there will be no toil and no fatigue.)

وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ

(nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave it.) As was reported in the Hadith:

يُقَالُ: يَا أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ! إِنَّ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَصِحُّوا فَلَا تَمْرَضُوا أَبَدًا، وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَعِيشُوا فَلَا تَمُوتُوا أَبَدًا، وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَشِبُّوا فَلَا تَهْرَمُوا أَبَدًا، وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ أَنْ تُقِيمُوا فَلَا تَظْعُنُوا أَبَدًا

(It will be said, O dwellers of Paradise! You will be healthy and never fall sick; you will live and never die; you will be young and never grow old; you will stay here and never leave.) Allah says:

خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلًا

(Wherein they shall dwell (forever). They will have no desire to be removed from it.)(18:108)

نَبِّئْ عِبَادِي أَنِّي أَنَا الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ - وَأَنَّ عَذَابِي هُوَ الْعَذَابُ الْأَلِيمُ

(Declare to My servants, that I am truly the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful. And that My torment is indeed the most painful torment.) meaning, 'O Muhammad, tell My servants that I am the source of mercy and I am the source of punishment.' Similar Ayat to this have already been quoted above, which indicate that we must always be in a state between hope (for Allah's mercy) and fear (of His punishment).