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Surah 83. Al-Mutaffifin, Ayah 26

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خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ Qur’an Al-Mutaffifin (83:26)
Khit a muhu miskun wafee tha lika falyatan a fasi almutan a fisoon a
pouring forth with a fragrance of musk.8 To that [wine of paradise], then, let all such aspire as [are willing to] aspire to things of high account:
  - Mohammad Asad
Mohammad Asad

Lit., "the end whereof (khitamuhu) will be musk". My rendering of the above phrase reflects the interpretation given to it by several authorities of the second generation of Islam, and by Abu 'Ubaydah ibn al-Muthanna (all of them quoted by Razi). The "pure wine" (rahiq) of the hereafter - which, contrary to the wine of this world, will carry "the seal" (i.e., the sanction) of God because "no headiness will be in it, and they will not get drunk thereon" ( 37:47 ) - is another symbol of paradise, alluding, by means of comparisons with sensations that can be experienced by man, to the otherworldly sensations of joy which, in a form intensified beyond all human imagination, are in store for the righteous. Some of the great Muslim mystics (e.g., Jalal ad-Din Runi) see in that "pure wine" an allusion to a spiritual vision of God: an interpretation which, I believe, is fully justified by the sequence.

and the seal will be of musk. Those who wish to excel above others, let them endeavor to excel in this.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
whose last sip will smell like musk. So let whoever aspires to this strive 'diligently'.
  - Mustafa Khattab
Mustafa Khattab
Whose seal is musk. For this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke Pickthall
The seal thereof will be Musk: and for this let those aspire who have aspirations: 6025
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If you understand true and lasting values, this is the kind of pure Bliss to aspire for, and not the fleeting enjoyments of this world, which always leave a sting behind.

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