38:52

۞وَعِندَهُمۡ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ أَتۡرَابٌ

WaAAindahum qasiratu alttarfi atrabun

And with them will be women limiting [their] glances and of equal age.

Word by word
  1. ۞وَعِندَهُمۡAnd with them
  2. قَٰصِرَٰتُ(will be) companions of modest gaze
  3. ٱلطَّرۡفِ(will be) companions of modest gaze
  4. أَتۡرَابٌwell-matched
Sad · 38:52Makkah

Beside them, faithful companions of equal age.

Companionship without betrayal


Companions
lowered gazefor their husbands only
equal ageall the same age
Loyalty
a wandering eyehere, heartbreak
faithfuleyes for no one else

Ibn Kathir explains these companions as those who restrain their glances from anyone except their husbands, and do not turn to anyone else. Ibn Abbas, Mujahid and others said of equal ages means they will all be the same age.

Trust is fragile here: messages you should not have seen, a friend who drifted, a home where loyalty was broken. In Paradise, companionship is faithful. Begin practising that loyalty now.

Loyalty is rare, and people always drift eventually.

Paradise holds companionship with complete faithfulness, and I can practise it now.

Try this

Guard your eyes and phone today for the sake of the person you love.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 38:49)

And verily, for those who have Taqwa is a good final return (49)'Adn Paradise, whose doors will be opened for them (50)Therein they will recline; therein they will call for fruits in abundance and drinks (51)And beside them will be Qasirat-at-Tarf, (and) of equal ages (52)This it is what you are promised for the Day of Reckoning (53)(It will be said to them)! Verily, this is Our provision which will never finish (54)

The Final Return of the Blessed

Allah tells us that His blessed, believing servants will have a good final return in the Hereafter, which means their ultimate destination. Then He explains it further, as He says:

جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ 

('Adn Gardens) meaning, eternal gardens (of Paradise),

مُفَتَّحَةً لَهُمُ الْأَبْوَابُ 

(whose doors will be opened for them.) means, when they come to them (these gardens), their gates will open for them.

مُتَّكِئِينَ فِيهَا

(Therein they will recline;) It was said that this means that they will sit cross-legged on chairs beneath canopies.

يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ 

(therein they will call for fruits in abundance) means, whatever they ask for, they will find it, and it will be prepared just as they wanted it.

وَشَرَابٍ

(and drinks;) means, whatever kind of drink they want, the servants will bring it to them,

بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِنْ مَعِينٍ

(With cups, and jugs, and a glass of flowing wine.)(56: 18).

وَعِنْدَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ

(And beside them will be Qasirat-at-Tarf (chaste females)) means, they restrain their glances from anyone except their husbands, and do not turn to anyone else.

أَتْرَابٌ

((and) of equal ages.) means, they will all be of the same age. This is the understanding of Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, Sa'id bin Jubayr, Muhammad bin Ka'b and As-Suddi.

هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ

(This it is what you are promised for the Day of Reckoning!) means, 'this that We have mentioned of the features of Paradise is what He has prepared for His pious servants who will reach it after they have been resurrected from their graves and been saved from the Fire.' Then Allah tells us that Paradise will never come to an end or disappear or cease to be. He says:

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهُ مِنْ نَفَادٍ

(Verily, this is Our provision which will never finish.) This is like the Ayat:

مَا عِنْدَكُمْ يَنْفَدُ ۖ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ ۗ 

(Whatever is with you, will be exhausted, and whatever is with Allah will remain)(16:96).

عَطَاءً غَيْرَ مَجْذُوذٍ 

(a gift without an end.)(11:108)

لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

(for them is a reward that will never come to an end.)(84:25).

أُكُلُهَا دَائِمٌ وَظِلُّهَا ۚ تِلْكَ عُقْبَى الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا ۖ وَعُقْبَى الْكَافِرِينَ النَّارُ

(its provision is eternal and so is its shade; this is the end of those who have Taqwa, and the end (final destination) of the disbelievers is Fire.)(13:35). And there are many similar Ayat.