Quran Universe
36:58

سَلَٰمٞ قَوۡلٗا مِّن رَّبّٖ رَّحِيمٖ

Salamun qawlan min rabbin raheemin

[And] "Peace," a word from a Merciful Lord.

Word by word
  1. سَلَٰمٞPeace
  2. قَوۡلٗاA word
  3. مِّنfrom
  4. رَّبّٖa Lord
  5. رَّحِيمٖMost Merciful
Ya-Sin · 36:58Makkah

Peace, spoken to you by your Merciful Lord.

The greeting above every other gift

The word
the Merciful LordAs-Salam Himself
says
"Salam"peace
to
people of Paradisegreeted directly
The best gift
fruit and coucheswonderful, but not the peak
His word to youpeace from the Lord

Ibn Abbas said that Allah, Who is As-Salam, will Himself greet the people of Paradise with peace. Ibn Kathir links it to the verse: their greeting on the Day they meet Him will be Salam.

You remember the day a parent or a teacher said, I am proud of you. Years later, it still warms you. Now imagine the Lord of everything saying peace to you, by name.

Paradise is mostly about getting nice things.

The sweetest part is being spoken to with peace by my Lord.

Try this

Say salam with full meaning to three people today, looking at them.

Related33:44
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 36:55)

Verily, the dwellers of the Paradise, that Day, will be busy with joyful things (55)They and their wives will be in pleasant shade, reclining on thrones (56)They will have therein fruits and all that they ask for (57)(It will be said to them): "Salam (Peace!)" – a Word from the Lord, Most Merciful (58)

The Life of the People of Paradise

Allah tells us that on the Day of Resurrection, when the people of Paradise have reached the arena of judgement, and have settled in the gardens of Paradise, they will be too preoccupied with their own victory and new life of eternal delights to worry about anyone else. Al-Hasan Al-Basri and Isma'il bin Abi Khalid said, "They will be too busy to think about the torment which the people of Hell are suffering. Mujahid said:

فِي شُغُلٍ فَاكِهُونَ

(will be busy with joyful things.) "With the delights which they are enjoying." This was also the view of Qatadah. Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "This means that they will be rejoicing."

هُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُهُمْ 

(They and their wives) Mujahid said, "Their spouses,

فِي ظِلَالٍ

(will be in pleasant shade,) means, in the shade of trees."

عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ مُتَّكِئُونَ 

(reclining on thrones.) Ibn 'Abbas, Mujahid, 'Ikrimah, Muhammad bin Ka'b, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, As-Suddi and Khusayf said:

الْأَرَائِكِ

(throne) means beds beneath canopies.

لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ

(They will have therein fruits) means, of all kinds.

وَلَهُمْ مَا يَدَّعُونَ

(and all that they ask for.) means, whatever they ask for, they will find it, all kinds and types.

سَلَامٌ قَوْلًا مِنْ رَبٍّ رَحِيمٍ

("Salam (Peace!)" – a Word from the Lord (Allah), Most Merciful.) Ibn Jurayj said, "Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, concerning this Ayah, Allah Himself, Who is the Peace (As-Salam) will grant peace to the people of Paradise. This view of Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, is like the Ayah:

تَحِيَّتُهُمْ يَوْمَ يَلْقَوْنَهُ سَلَامٌ ۚ 

(Their greeting on the Day they shall meet Him will be "Salam")(33:44).