Continuation of the interpretation of the verse: “Those are the limits of Allah, and whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger, He will admit him to gardens under which rivers flow, to abide therein forever. And that is the great success.”

Continuation of the interpretation of the noble verse: . The reference is to the reward mentioned that Allah has prepared for those who obey Him. “Success” means profit; it is said, “So-and-so succeeded,” meaning he profited. “Great” means possessing greatness. Greatness is the magnitude of a thing, its nobility, and its abundance. It is known that the pleasure of Paradise is characterized by magnitude, nobility, and permanence, so it is the greatest success. A similar statement is the saying of the Exalted: It is mentioned that al-Zamakhshari — who was from the Mu'tazilah — said in a commentary on the verse: He said: “What success is greater than being saved from the Fire and admitted to Paradise?” The interrogative here means negation, meaning there is no success greater than that. Some of the commentators and critics of his work said that he intended by this the negation of seeing Allah the Mighty and Majestic, because seeing Allah the Mighty and Majestic is the greatest success. Allah knows best whether he intended that. Whoever looks at the wording says there is no indication of that in reality, because a necessary consequence of entering Paradise is seeing the Face of Allah. But whoever knows the man's condition, that he was a Mu'tazili but intelligent, might say he perhaps intended that. If such an expression came from a person known to believe in seeing Allah the Mighty and Majestic, we would not interpret it this way and say he intended to negate the vision. But whoever knows his condition does not find it unlikely that this was his intention.