سورة الانسان

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): مُتَّکِئِینَ فِیهَا عَلَی الْأَرَائِکِ [Reclining therein on raised couches] — they are seated in bridal chambers while reclining on couches.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): عَلَی الْأَرَائِکِ [on raised couches] means [they recline] on the heavenly spouses in the bridal chambers of Paradise.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): While the people of Paradise are in Paradise, they see a radiance like the radiance of the sun that lights up Paradise. They say: "O Allah, You Yourself have said in the Quran: لا یَرَوْنَ فِیها شَمْساً وَ لا زَمْهَرِیراً [They shall find therein neither sun nor intense cold]." Allah sends Jibril to them and says: "This is not the radiance of the sun; rather, Fatima (peace be upon her) and Ali (peace be upon him) smiled, and Paradise became this luminous from the radiance of their smile."

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): As for the refutation of the one who denies reward and punishment in the world after death and before the Resurrection, [it is that] Allah the Exalted says: ... وَ لَهُمْ رِزْقُهُمْ فِیها بُکْرَةً وَ عَشِیًّا [and they shall have their sustenance therein morning and evening], and in the paradise of life before the Resurrection, morning and evening come into being from night and day. Allah the Exalted said [regarding paradise after the Resurrection]: لا یَرَوْنَ فِیها شَمْساً وَ لا زَمْهَرِیراً [they shall find therein neither sun nor intense cold].

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): النَّارُ یُعْرَضُونَ عَلَیْها غُدُوًّا وَ عَشِیًّا [The Fire, they are exposed to it morning and evening]; that is in the world [after death] and before the Resurrection, and this is because on the Day of Resurrection there is no morning or evening; for morning and evening come about through the sun and the moon, and in the eternal paradise and Hell there is neither sun nor moon.

Imam Rida (peace be upon him): The sun and the moon are two of Allah's creations which move by His command and obey Him. Their light is from the light of the Throne and their heat is from the heat of Hell. On the Day of Resurrection their light returns to the Throne and their heat returns to the fire of Hell. And there will no longer be a sun or a moon.