al-Raḥmān

هَلْ جَزَاء الْإِحْسَانِ إِلاّ الْإِحْسَانُ

فَبِأيِّ آلَآء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

60. Is there any reward for good other than good?

61. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both [jinn and men] deny?

By the word good (ihsan) mentioned herein, doing righteous good deeds and doing good to others are intended.² Imam Sadiq (as) said:

"The blessed Verse

'Is there any reward for good other than good'

applies to believers and disbelievers, since whoever does good to another, the latter is supposed to return the good done to him." ³

Imam ‘Ali narrates from the Messenger of Allah (S) that God Almighty said:

"Is the reward of the one to whom I have bestowed Favor is other than Paradise?" ⁴

In short the blessed Verse in question is saying that those who have done righteous good deeds in this world shall be granted Divine Rewards. The blessed Verse 61 repeats the question:

"Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both [jinn and men] deny?"

Footnotes

1. 2. Tafsir Rahnama; Tafsir Nur.
2. 3. Tafsir Majma‘ al-Bayan; Tafsir al-Mizan.
3. 4. Shaykh Tusi's Amali, vol. 1, p. 182.