Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “When the earth is shaken with its mighty quake and the mountains are crushed to powder and become light dust scattered about, and you are in three groups: so what are the companions of the right hand? What are the companions of the left hand? And the forerunners, the forerunners, those are the brought near, in the Gardens of Delight, a select group of the former and a few of the latter, on couches arranged in rows, reclining thereon facing one another”

The Shaykh : meaning a great quake meaning they became like sand, crumbled. Therefore He said: so after being crushed they became light dust like the dust we see in the beam of the sun. Groups means categories, as He the Mighty and Majestic said: meaning categories. Listen: the forerunners, the companions of the right, the companions of the left. Three divisions. O Allah, make us among the forerunners, O Lord of the worlds. Indeed, nothing is too difficult for You.
meaning to Allah in the highest Paradise. And Paradise is the highest of the Gardens, and its ceiling is the Throne of the Lord, Mighty and Majestic. A select group of the former from this Ummah, and a few of the latter from this Ummah, because the righteous Salaf are many, and many of them are among the forerunners, while from the end of the Ummah, few are among these. meaning woven from gold. Reclining indicates comfort, tranquility of the heart, and joy of the soul, is that not so, everyone? Good. Glory be to Allah, reclining and facing one another. Good. And if they are many, if they are many, then the place is spacious. Are you now facing one another or facing away? Answer, everyone. Facing away, because the place is narrow. But in the Hereafter, they are facing one another no matter how many they are, because the place is spacious, the sight is strong, and the speech is clear, no matter how far apart they are, it is as if they are close together. Two thousand years; he sees the farthest part of it as he sees the nearest. Sit down, boy. Sit down. Good. So they are facing one another even if they are many. Answer, everyone. Yes, even if they are many, because the place is spacious and the connection is easy; they hear one another even if they are far, and they see one another even if they are far.