ترجمة الآية 40 من سورة sad - English - سورة ص : عدد الآيات 88 - - الصفحة 455 - الجزء 23.
And verily, he enjoyed a near access to Us, and a good final return (Paradise).
And indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.
(38:40) Indeed an exalted position of nearness awaits him and an excellent resort. *40
*40) Here, the object is to tell that just as a servant's arrogance causes Allah's displeasure and wrath, so does his humility earns Allah's pleasure and approval for him. If a servant commits an error and becomes even more arrogant when warned, he is led to the same fate as is being mentioned in connection with the story of Adam and Satan below. Contrary to this, if a servant happens to commit an error and he repents and bows down before his Lord humbly, he is blessed with such bounties as the Prophets David and Solomon were blessed with. The prayer that Solomon had made after seeking Allah's forgiveness, was literally fulfilled and Allah actually granted him a kingdom as had neither been granted to anyone before him nor bestowed on anyone after him. Having control over the winds and the jinns is an extraordinary power, which has been granted only to the Prophet Solomon and to none else in human history.