Surah Al Isra Tafseer

The Reward of Those who desire this World and Those who desire the Hereafter

Allah says:

مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ

Whoever desires the quick-passing (transitory enjoyment of this world),

Allah tells us that not everyone who desires this world and its luxuries gets what he wants. That is attained by those whom Allah wants to have it, and they get what He wills that they should get.

This Ayah narrows down the general statements made in other Ayat.

Allah says:

عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا نَشَاء لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ

We readily grant him what We will for whom We like. Then, afterwards, We have appointed for him Hell;

meaning, in the Hereafter,

يَصْلهَا

he will burn therein,

means, he will enter it until it covers him on all sides,

مَذْمُومًا

disgraced,

means, blamed for his bad behavior and evil deeds, because he chose the transient over the eternal,

مَّدْحُورًا

rejected,

means, far away (from Allah's mercy), humiliated and put to shame