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Alluring to
people is the love of women and sons, and mountains of gold and
silver and fine horses and cattle and land. These are the
glamours of the life of this world. The hereafter is best in
ALLAH's sight. Should I tell you about something which is
better than these things? For those who believe and do right,
there will be for them gardens of paradise, beneath which
rivers will flow. I give you the good news of being there.
ALLAH has made a trade with the believers that in return for
their wealth and their own selves, He will give them a home in
His paradise, gardens of happiness beneath which rivers flow,
to stay in there forever. A repayment from their Lord, for
their good deeds. They will have therein pure friends, and
ALLAH will make them enter cool shades. The promise of ALLAH is
true, and whose word can be truer than ALLAH's?
Whoever does good deeds whether male or female and is a
believer -- they will enter a garden whose width is the width
of the sky and the earth. An excellent reward for the doers of
right. ALLAH will be pleased with them and they will be pleased
with ALLAH. ALLAH will remove whatever of ill-feeling that is
in their hearts, and they will be as brethren, facing each
other. They will say: O ALLAH! All Glory and thanks be to You,
for guiding us to this. We would not have found the way had it
not been that You had guided us. It will be said to them: This
is the garden of which you are made heirs in return for what
you did. Enter there in peace and comfort. Their greetings in
it will be: Peace; and they will say: Praise be to ALLAH, the
LORD OF THE WORLDS. They will enter there along with those who
did good from their parents, spouses and children. The angels
will come to them from every gate. They will stay in there by
their Lord's permission. They will be wearing bracelets of gold
and pearls, and their clothes therein will be of silk. I give
you the good news of entering there.
It has been reported by Abu Sa'id, AbdALLAH, and Omar b.
Muhammad (May ALLAH be pleased with them) that ALLAH's
Messenger ( May peace and blessings be upon him ) had said: On
the day of resurrection death would be brought in the form of a
white colored ram, and placed between hell and heaven. Then it
would be slaughtered, and it would be said : O people of
paradise, no death for you. O people of hell, no death for you.
(The people would stay in their dwelling places forever). This
would increase the delight of the people of paradise, and
increase the grief of the people of hell. ( Muslim - May ALLAH
have mercy on him).
The people of paradise will stay in there forever. A never
ending gift from THE MOST MERCIFUL. They will have pure mates
in there, and they will not be dealt unjustly in any way. They
won't have any fear nor will they be sad. In these gardens
would be all that the eyes could delight in, and more than all
they could wish for. ALLAH will say: This is the day when the
truth will benefit the truthful. Peace be on you because you
were patient. Enter in peace and security. O soul, be in rest
and satisfaction. Welcome to your Lord. Well pleased I am with
you. Enter amongst my servants. Yes, enter My heaven.
They will have gardens with rivers flowing underneath. No harm
will afflict them, nor will they ever be expelled from it. That
is the great success. They will wear green robes made of fine
silk interwoven with gold, lying on raised thrones encrusted
with jewels. An excellent repayment. They will stay there and
they will not want to be removed from it. They won't hear any
ill talking in there, but only: "Peace". They will have their
food therein morning and evening. A good repayment from THE
MOST EXCELLENT OF CREATORS. Again I give you the good news that
you will enter there. Therein you will have giant Mansions,
bubbling fountains, Comfortable cushions, Cups and dishes of
gold, fruits, any that you may select from, meat, drink, green
cushions and rich carpets of beauty, Joy, peace, ease,
satisfaction, and anything else that you may ask for. No soul
knows what delights of the eye ALLAH has prepared for His
servants. ALLAH is truly The Forgiving and The Merciful.
But whoever rejects ALLAH and His Messenger, ALLAH will cause
them to enter a fire whose fuel is men and stones, to stay in
it. They will have a humiliating punishment in it. As often as
their skins are burned, ALLAH will replace them for new skins,
so that they may feel the punishment. They will be linked
together in chains and shackles and their shirts will be made
of pitch, and fire will cover their faces. Their clothes will
be made of fire, and boiling water will be poured over their
heads. They will be whipped with whips made of iron. Whenever
they would desire to get away from it, from suffering, they
will be thrown back into it, "Feel the punishment of burning,"
then in the fire they will be burned. Death will approach them
from everywhere, but they will not die. They will be made to
drink from a boiling spring. When they will enter Hell, they
will hear the sucking in of its breath as it burns, bursting
with anger. A bottomless pit that does not leave the person
alone.
Those who swallow the property of the orphans unjustly, they
only swallow fire into their bellies and they will enter the
burning fire.
There are amongst people that say: There is nothing but our
life of this world, and we shall not be raised up. If you could
only see when they are made to stand before their Lord. He will
say: Isn't this the truth? They will say: Yes! By our Lord. He
will say: Taste then the punishment because you rejected! They
are the losers indeed. Can't they see that ALLAH will produce a
new creation just like He produced the previous one?
O my dear brothers and sisters! Keep up regular prayers and
spend in charity out of what ALLAH has given to you, secretly
and openly, before there comes to you a day in which there will
be no bartering nor mutual befriending. This world's life is
only a game. Boastings and braggings and competings. The
hereafter, that is the real life.
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