Or have you heard that they are valleys? So plant what you wish in this fleeting time, and their planting is glorification, magnification, praise, and the oneness of Allah for the Most Merciful.
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The Shaykh : In this chapter, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that Paradise is valleys, meaning empty of vegetation, and that its planting is glorification, magnification, praise, and the declaration of Allah's oneness. Then he said:
"Woe to the one who abandons his planting, what has he missed from the time of possibility?
O you who affirm this but do not strive for it, by Allah, tell me how can these two coexist?"
He means how can it be that you affirm that Paradise is valleys and that its planting is righteous deeds, and yet you do not strive for this? Is this possible? The answer is no, because whoever affirms this, and that Paradise is valleys and that it requires righteous deeds to be planted in it, must plant righteous deeds. Then he gave two examples. The first is: if you left your land without planting, what would you harvest from the orchard?
The student: Nothing.
The Shaykh : Nothing, or
"You have left it without sowing, hoping for a yield like that of the thorn bush."
The answer is that it is not possible. How can you not sow, or how can you hope that the crop will be like a lie, meaning many lies, when you have not sown?
"Woe to the one who abandons his planting, what has he missed from the time of possibility?
O you who affirm this but do not strive for it, by Allah, tell me how can these two coexist?"
He means how can it be that you affirm that Paradise is valleys and that its planting is righteous deeds, and yet you do not strive for this? Is this possible? The answer is no, because whoever affirms this, and that Paradise is valleys and that it requires righteous deeds to be planted in it, must plant righteous deeds. Then he gave two examples. The first is: if you left your land without planting, what would you harvest from the orchard?
The student: Nothing.
The Shaykh : Nothing, or
"You have left it without sowing, hoping for a yield like that of the thorn bush."
The answer is that it is not possible. How can you not sow, or how can you hope that the crop will be like a lie, meaning many lies, when you have not sown?