Quran 56:20

Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 20

Verse 20 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.

وَفَـٰكِهَةٍ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ

EnglishSaheeh International: And fruit of what they select
TamilJan Trust Foundation: இன்னும் அவர்கள் தெரிந்தெடுக்கும் கனி வகைகளையும் -
SinhalaRuwwad Center: ඔවුන් කැමති පලතුරු සමග ද;
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi: اور ایسے میوے لیے ہوئے جو ان کی پسند کے ہوں.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita: また果実は，かれらの選ぶに任せ，
ChineseMa Jian: 他们有自己所选择的水果，

Tafsir of 56:20

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)