Transliteration:( Wa uzlifatil jannatu lil muttaqeena ghaira ba'eed )
53. On the Day of Judgement the pious people would be standing on the right side under the Throne of Allah Almighty. From there, Paradise will become visible to them. It should be remembered that for the sake of description, people had been brought nearer to Paradise, but this expression is like that traveller that says we're approaching Lahore, i.e. we are near Lahore.
Thus, there is no objection against the verse. Or, it could mean that Paradise is so close to some people that they would enter it without any accountability.
The Sufi sages say that Paradise is so close to the pious believer even in the world that as soon as he dies, he enters it. The first interpretation is of greater weight. However, Allah Almighty and His Rasool know best صلی الله عليه وآله وسلم
The tafsir of Surah Qaf verse 31 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Qaf ayat 30 which provides the complete commentary from verse 30 through 35.
(50:31) And when Paradise shall be brought close to the God-fearing, and will no longer be far away,[39]
39. That is, as soon as the judgment will be passed about a person from the court of Allah that he is righteous and worthy of Paradise, he will immediately find Paradise in front of him. He will not have to travel a distance on foot or by a conveyance to reach to it. There will be no interval between the pronouncement of the judgment and his entry into the Paradise. From this it can be judged how different the concept of space and time is between this world and the Hereafter. The concept of space and time that we are familiar in this world will become meaningless there.
Related Ayat(Verses)/Topics