Quran Universe
52:19

كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona

[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."

Word by word
  1. كُلُواْEat
  2. وَٱشۡرَبُواْand drink
  3. هَنِيٓـَٔۢا(in) satisfaction
  4. بِمَاfor what
  5. كُنتُمۡyou used to
  6. تَعۡمَلُونَdo
At-Tur · 52:19Makkah

Eat and drink happily, for what you used to do.

The welcome they hear

The welcome
what you used to doin days past
becomes
eat and drink with joyno worry, no harm
The same phrase, two ways
verse 16repaid for what you did
verse 19enjoy for what you did

Verse 16 said the deniers are repaid for what they used to do. Here the same idea comes back as a welcome: eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do. The tafsir adds that all this is a favor from Allah and a reward from Him.

The fasts in summer heat. The nights you dragged yourself up for Fajr. The meals you shared when your own fridge was half empty. None of it is forgotten.

My small good deeds disappear and do not matter.

Every deed I send ahead is waiting for me, turned into joy.

Try this

Feed someone today, even a snack or a coffee, and remember this verse.

Related69:24
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 52:17)

Verily, those who have Taqwa will be in Gardens and Delight (17)Enjoying in that which their Lord has bestowed on them, and (the fact that) their Lord saved them from the torment of the blazing Fire (18)"Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do. (19)They will recline on thrones Masfufah. And We shall marry them to Hur (fair females) with wide lovely eyes (20)

Description of the Destination of the Happy

Allah the Exalted described the destination of the happy ones,

إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ 

(Verily, those who have Taqwa will be in Gardens and Delight.) in contrast to the torment and punishment of the miserable;

فَاكِهِينَ بِمَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ

(Enjoying in that which their Lord has bestowed on them,) meaning, enjoying the various types of delight that Allah has granted them therein, such as various types of foods, drinks, clothes, dwelling places, mounts, and so forth,

 وَوَقَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ

(and (the fact that) their Lord saved them from the torment of the blazing Fire.) He saved them from the torment of the Fire, which is a bounty itself. Added to this blessing is the fact that they were entered into Paradise, which has delights that no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard, nor has a heart ever imagined. The statement of Allah the Exalted,

كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ 

("Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do") is similar to another of His statements,

كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ 

(Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!)(69:24) meaning this is the just reward for your deeds; surely, all this is a favor from Allah and a reward from Him. Allah the Exalted said,

مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَصْفُوفَةٍ ۖ 

(They will recline (with ease) on thrones Masfufah.) Ath-Thawri reported from Husayn, from Mujahid, from Ibn 'Abbas: "Thrones in howdahs." And the meaning of, (Masfufah) is they will be facing each other,

عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ 

(Facing one another on thrones.)(37:44) Allah said next,

وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

(And We shall marry them to Hur (fair females) with wide lovely eyes.) We made for them righteous spouses, beautiful wives from Al-Hur Al-'Ayn. We mentioned the description of Al-Hur Al-'Ayn in several other places in this Tafsir, and therefore, it is not necessary to repeat their description here.