4. Sura an-Nisa, Medina 92 [4H]
The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:
وَالَّذِينَ
آمَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ
الصَّالِحَاتِ
سَنُدْخِلُهُمْ
جَنَّاتٍ...
4: 57. But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We shall soon admit to gardens,
... تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا لَّهُمْ فِيهَا أَزْوَاجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ...
with rivers flowing beneath, their eternal home:
therein shall they have companions pure and holy:
... وَنُدْخِلُهُمْ ظِـلاًّ ظَلِيلاً ﴿٥٧﴾
We shall admit them to shades, cool and ever deepening.
C579. The Garden is contrasted with the Fire: the shade is contrasted with the roasting, Evil grows with what it feeds on.
So goodness and felicity grow with their practice. The good may be alone to start with, but (unlike evil ones) they get Holy Companions.
Just as agony increases with what it suffers (typified by fresh skins growing as the old ones burns out), so felicity finds deeper and deeper meaning (typified by the shades in a garden, which grow deeper and cooler as you proceed into the interior).
Asad’s Version:
4: 57 But those who attain to faith and do righteous deeds We shall bring into gardens thorough…….