Surah 37. As-Saffat, Ayah 50

Cf. verse {27} above and the corresponding note [11]. Like the mutual reproaches of the sinners in that passage, the "conversation" of the blessed which follows here is, of course, allegorical, and is meant to stress the continuity of individual consciousness in the hereafter.

 It is assumed that they will ask each other about their lives in the world and what led them to Paradise.

Cf. above, xxxvii. 27, where the same phrase is used in the reverse conditions. In each case there is a going back to the earlier memories or experiences of this life.