Explanation of the Book of the Heart—08a

The reciter: Sa'id ibn Abi Maryam narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ja'far informed us, saying: Abu Hazim narrated to me, saying: I heard Sahl ibn Sa'd say: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Sahl or someone else said: "There is no landmark for anyone in it".

The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest, on a white, smooth earth, there is no... what did I say, like a pure loaf of bread. "Naqi" means pure, pure wheat that has no husks. He says: Sahl or someone else said: "There is no landmark for anyone in it", meaning there are no mountains, no trees, no palaces, no valleys, and nothing at all. It is white and smooth, with absolutely none of these landmarks. Allah the Exalted mentioned this in His saying: The change here is a change of attribute, not a change of the entity itself, because the people will emerge from the earth and be gathered on that same earth; it does not change, meaning no new earth comes, but it changes in its attributes. Our earth now has valleys, mountains, sands, trees, stones, palaces, buildings, wells, and other things. All of this will disappear on the Day of Resurrection, becoming like the flat plain, with nothing in it, and you will not see any crookedness in it.