Transliteration:( Wa yutaafu 'alaihim bi aaniyatim min fiddatinw wa akwaabin kaanat qawaareeraa )
22. From this we learn that the inmates of Paradise would be sitting in circles to eat and drink. Says Allah Almighty: "They will be on the thrones face to face" (S37:V44). It is for this reason that the assembly of the Holy Prophet ? would be in the form of a circle as those were heavenly gatherings.
Even today, the gatherings of Zikr, lectures, meals, should be in circle formation in order to imitate these pure gatherings. However, for Salaah there should be rows as it is in imitation of worshipping angels; the angels form rows to perform their Salaah.
The tafsir of Surah Al-Insan verse 15 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Insan ayat 13 which provides the complete commentary from verse 13 through 22.
(76:15) and there shall be passed around them vessels of silver[17] and goblets of crystal,[18]
17. According to (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayat 71), vessels ofgold shall be passed round to them, but here of silver. This shows that vessels of gold as well as of silver shall be passed round to them as required by the occasion.
18. That is, though silver, it will be as transparent as glass,vessels of this kind of transparent, crystal like silver will be the special characteristic of the vessels in which drinks willbe served to the people of Paradise.
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