Quran 56:17

Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 17

Verse 17 of 96 in Surah Al-Waqi'ah (الواقعة), chapter 56 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ

EnglishSaheeh International: There will circulate among them young boys made eternal
TamilJan Trust Foundation: நிலையான இளமையுடைய இளைஞர்கள் (இவர்கள் பணிக்காகச்) சுற்றிக் கொண்டே இருப்பார்கள்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center: ළමා විය සදාතනික වූ ළමුන් (සංග්‍රහ කිරීම සඳහා) ඔවුන් වටා යති.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi: ان کے پاس ایسے لڑکے جو ہمیشہ (لڑکے ہی ) رہیں گے آمدورفت کریں گے.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita: 永遠の（若さを保つ）少年たちがかれらの間を巡り，
ChineseMa Jian: 长生不老的僮仆，轮流着服待他们，

Tafsir of 56:17

The Reward of the Foremost in Faith Allah states that the foremost of the close believers are a multitude, a crowd among the earlier generations and a few from the latter generations. There is a difference over the meaning of the first generations and the later generations. Some said that the former means earlier (believing) nations, while the later refers to this Ummah. This was reported from Mujahid and Al-Hasan Al-Basri, in the collection of Ibn Abi Hatim, and this is the preference of Ibn Jarir. He considered it supported by the saying of Allah's Messenger ﷺ: «نَحْنُ الْاخِرُونَ السَّابِقُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَة» (We are the later nation, but the foremost on the Day of Resurrection.) Ibn Jarir did not mention any other interpretation, nor did he attribute this view to anyone else. There is another Hadith that could support this meaning. Imam Abu Muhammad bin Abi Hatim recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that when these Ayat were revealed, ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الاٌّوَّلِينَ - وَقَلِيلٌ مِّنَ الاٌّخِرِينَ (A multitude of those (foremost) will be from the first ones. And a few of those will be from the later ones.) This news became hard for the Companions of the Prophet.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)