The Difference in Ranks Among the People of Paradise
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: The Shaykh mentioned, my brother, that everyone who enters Paradise will have whatever they desire, and that there are ranks among the people of Paradise.
Answer:
The distinction is by righteous deeds.[Al-Isra 17:21] Righteous deeds; they are distinguished by righteous deeds, yes, not by lineage or wealth, but only by righteous deeds. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, he says: The Shaykh mentioned, my brother, that everyone who enters Paradise will have whatever they desire, and that there are ranks among the people of Paradise.
Answer:
The distinction is by righteous deeds.
Look how We have favored [in provision] some of them over others. But the Hereafter is greater in degrees [of difference] and greater in distinction.
انظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَلَلْآخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَاتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًا
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شرح نونية ابن القيم [59] — alfawzan.live (1:12:20)
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