The Difference Between What Is in Paradise and What Is in This World
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Question:
May Allah reward you, O little one. The Shaykh. The questioner says: It is easier for me to understand that in Paradise there is no eye that has seen and no ear that has heard, yet we have seen the Black Stone and heard that in Paradise there are fruits, palm trees, and pomegranates. I ask for clarification. May Allah grant you success?
Answer:
My brother, in Paradise there are things that exist in this world in their forms and names, such as pomegranates, such as palm trees, necks, such as pleasant scents, and beautiful sights. This exists in this world. And what is in Paradise is greater and greater than it. What we have here is only a sample.
And there are things of which there is nothing in this world. Allah has kept their knowledge to Himself, and[As-Sajdah 32:17] When they concealed their deeds, Allah concealed their reward on the Day of Resurrection. The reward is of the same kind as the deed. Their sides turn away from their beds. When people sleep, no one sees them. They rise to perform the late-night prayer.
This is evidence of their sincerity, for if they had intended to show off, they would have said, "The people are sleeping; they will not see us." And when the people slept and they stood up in prayer, Allah was pleased with that for them. They concealed their deeds, so Allah concealed their reward, a reward for what they were doing. Look, a reward for what they were doing. So what is in Paradise is of two kinds: some of it has a model seen in this world, and some of it has nothing seen of it; rather, it is from the unseen knowledge that no one knows except Allah.
May Allah reward you, O little one. The Shaykh. The questioner says: It is easier for me to understand that in Paradise there is no eye that has seen and no ear that has heard, yet we have seen the Black Stone and heard that in Paradise there are fruits, palm trees, and pomegranates. I ask for clarification. May Allah grant you success?
Answer:
My brother, in Paradise there are things that exist in this world in their forms and names, such as pomegranates, such as palm trees, necks, such as pleasant scents, and beautiful sights. This exists in this world. And what is in Paradise is greater and greater than it. What we have here is only a sample.
And there are things of which there is nothing in this world. Allah has kept their knowledge to Himself, and
And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes as reward for what they used to do.
تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّا أُخْفِيَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَThis is evidence of their sincerity, for if they had intended to show off, they would have said, "The people are sleeping; they will not see us." And when the people slept and they stood up in prayer, Allah was pleased with that for them. They concealed their deeds, so Allah concealed their reward, a reward for what they were doing. Look, a reward for what they were doing. So what is in Paradise is of two kinds: some of it has a model seen in this world, and some of it has nothing seen of it; rather, it is from the unseen knowledge that no one knows except Allah.
Source
بيان العلاقة بين الأشياء التي بالجنة والموجودة منها في الدنيا — alfawzan.live
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