Monday, August 26, 2013

Jannah: The Garden from the Qur'an and Hadith 6. The Blessings Allah has Prepared for the People of the Garden

Sometimes films have been made and novels written about things people
wish for but which are impossible to obtain because of the way the
world is. These things are thought to befantastic or utopian and
beyond the realm of reality. Many people long for these
imaginaryperfections and want them to be real. But knowing that these
wonderful things cannothappen in the real worldand that they exist
only in the imagination, people do not form a deep longing for them in
their spirits. On the contrary, they become even more aware of the
imperfections that surround them; they see the world's real face,
which makes them "feel depressed." Of course, only people without
faith get caught up in this state.
Those who believe with certainty in the existence of the Hereafter
know that all possibilities that stretch the boundaries of the
imagination can come tobe by Allah's command and that they will attain
the blessing of the Garden in the Hereafter. This being the case, a
person may hope to attain in the Garden all the blessings he would
like to have had on Earth. With this hope, a person will exert
himselfseriously to be worthy ofthe Garden where he will be granted
everything he desires.
Our Prophet is reported to have said that in the Hereafter for Allah's
faithful slaves, "there will be that which no eye has seen, no ear
has heard and has never occurred to a human heart." (Sahih Muslim)
In the verses in which Hedescribes the Garden, Allah opens a horizon
to blessings that cannot be compared with anythingin this world. In
verse 35 of Surah Qaf, He reveals the expanse of these blessings:
"They will have there everything they want and with Us there is
still more."In another verse, Allah reveals: No self knows the
delight that is hidden away for it in recompense for what it used
to do. (Surat as- Sajda: 17)

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