(19–24) “As for the one who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, ‘Here, read my record! I was certain that I would face my reckoning.’ He will then enjoy a life of bliss in an elevated Garden whose fruits hang within easy reach. ‘Eat and drink with delight for what you sent ahead in days gone by.’”

These are the people of happiness. They will be given in their right hands the records containing their righteous deeds, thereby distinguishing them, honoring them, and elevating their standing. Overcome with joy and delight, and wishing all creation to see the honor Allah has bestowed upon him, each one will say, “Here, read my record!” That is: Take my record and read it, for it brings glad tidings of Gardens, every kind of honor, the forgiveness of sins, and the concealment of faults.

What brought me to this state was Allah’s gracious favor upon me: faith in the resurrection and reckoning, and preparing for it with whatever deeds I was able to perform. Thus he says, “I was certain that I would face my reckoning.” That is, I knew it with certainty; “supposition” here [means] certainty.

“He will then enjoy a life of bliss”—one encompassing everything souls desire and eyes delight in. They will be fully pleased with it and will choose nothing else over it.

“In an elevated Garden”—its dwellings and palaces are lofty, and it occupies an exalted place.

“Whose fruits hang within easy reach.” That is, its fruits and produce of every kind are near and easily reached by its inhabitants, whether they are standing, sitting, or reclining.

To honor them, they will be told, “Eat and drink”—from every delicious food and appetizing drink—“with delight,” meaning complete and perfect enjoyment, untainted by anything that might spoil or disturb it.

That reward has come to you “for what you sent ahead in days gone by” of righteous deeds—and refraining from evil deeds—(1), such as prayer, fasting, charity, pilgrimage, kindness toward others, remembrance of Allah, and turning to Him in repentance.