54 Preface إِنَّ المُتَّقينَ في جَنّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍYusuf AliAs to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,1The record, in the case of those who dishonoured and violated Truth, will lead to their undoing; but in the case of those who honoured the Truth and adopted it so as to shine in their righteous lives, the result is expressed by four metaphors, in an ascending degree of sublimity: (1) they will be in the midst of Gardens where rivers flow; (2) they will be in an Assembly of Truth; (3) in the Presence of God; (4) Whose sovereignty is omnipotent. “Gardens” with Rivers (flowing beneath): this has been explained more than once already: Cf. n. 4668 to 43:70. The Garden suggests all the Bliss we can imagine through our senses. (R).