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Sura 52
Aya 23
23
يَتَنازَعونَ فيها كَأسًا لا لَغوٌ فيها وَلا تَأثيمٌ

Muhammad Asad

and in that [paradise] they shall pass on to one another a cup which will not give rise to empty talk, and neither incite to sin.1
  • Cf. 37:47 - "no headiness will there be in it, and they will not get drunk thereon": and 56:19 - "by which their minds will not be clouded, and which will not make them drunk": an allegory of conscious, joyful elation. As regards the preceding reference to "fruit and meat in abundance - whatever they may desire", Razi observes that this symbolic "abundance" of sensual satisfaction will not lead to satiety but, rather, to a pleasureable desire which - contrary to what is man's lot in this world - can always be gratified.