Chapter: The Recommendation to Convey Glad Tidings and Offer Congratulations for Good Things

Allah the Exalted says, “So give My servants glad tidings—those who listen to the word and then follow the best of it” (39:17-18).

He, Most High, also says, “Their Lord gives them glad tidings of mercy from Him, of His good pleasure, and of gardens wherein they will enjoy abiding bliss” (9:21).

And He says, “Rejoice in the Garden that you have been promised” (41:30).

He says, “So We gave him the glad tidings of a gentle son” (37:101);

and, “Our messengers certainly came to Abraham with the glad tidings” (11:69);

and, “His wife was standing by and laughed, so We gave her the glad tidings of Isaac, and after Isaac, Jacob” (11:71);

and, “The angels called out to him while he was standing in prayer in the sanctuary: ‘Allah gives you the glad tidings of John’” (3:39);

and, “When the angels said, ‘Mary, Allah gives you the glad tidings of a word from Him whose name will be the Messiah’” (3:45).

The verses on this subject are many and well-known.

[Commentary]

The author—may Allah have mercy on him—writes: “Chapter: The Recommendation to Convey Glad Tidings and Offer Congratulations for Good Things.” The expression “glad tidings” pertains to matters that bring joy. It received this name because, when a person is informed of something that pleases him, the effect of that happiness is immediately visible on his face and even on his complexion. At times, the glad tidings may