Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Faces on that Day will be radiant" to His saying: "and carpets spread out" from Surat al-Ghashiyah.

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The Shaykh : As for what follows: This is the "Open Door Meeting" that has reached its sixtieth session since its inception. It is the second meeting of the month of Muharram in the year 1415, and it is the seventh day of the month. In this meeting, we will discuss the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:

⁽⁸⁾ [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. ⁽⁹⁾ With their effort [they are] satisfied ⁽¹⁰⁾ In an elevated garden, ⁽¹¹⁾ Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَةٌ * لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ * فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ * لا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لاغِيَةً

[Al-Ghashiyah 88:8-11]

to the end of it.
Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, divided the people on the Day of Resurrection into two groups:
The first group: faces toiling, humbled, and weary, and we have already spoken about that.
The second group: faces radiant, meaning: radiant with the joy and the great reward that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has given them, because they knew of it while they were in their graves. Indeed, the person in his grave is made comfortable; a door to Paradise is opened for him, and from its spirit and its bliss comes to him, so they are radiant.

Pleased with their striving

لِسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ

Meaning: they are pleased with the work they did in this world, because through it they reached this bliss, this joy, and this happiness. So they are pleased with their striving, unlike the first group of faces, for they are angry, and may Allah protect us, and not pleased with what they have brought forth.

In an elevated garden,

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

[Al-Haqqah 69:22]

Paradise: it is the abode of bliss that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has prepared for the awliya (close friends of Allah) on the Day of Resurrection. In it is what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and what has not occurred to the heart of any human being. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:

And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes as reward for what they used to do.

فَلا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَا أُخْفِيَ لَهُمْ مِنْ قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

[As-Sajdah 32:17]

, and Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:

⁽¹⁾ Certainly will the believers have succeeded: ⁽²⁾ They who are during their prayer humbly submissive

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ * الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ

[Al-Mu'minun 23:1-2]

And those who are doers of zakah

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكَاةِ فَاعِلُونَ

to His saying:

⁽¹⁰⁾ Those are the inheritors ⁽¹¹⁾ Who will inherit al-Firdaus. They will abide therein eternally.

أُوْلَئِكَ هُمْ الْوَارِثُونَ * الَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

[Al-Mu'minun 23:10-11]

, and Allah the Exalted said:

And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.

وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ الْأَنْفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الْأَعْيُنُ وَأَنْتُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

[Az-Zukhruf 43:71]

So they are in a high Paradise. Height is the opposite of lowness, so it is above the seven heavens.
And it is known that on the Day of Resurrection the seven heavens and the earths will be removed, and nothing will remain except Paradise and the Fire. So it is high, and its highest and middle part is al-Firdaws, above which is the Throne of the Lord, Exalted and Majestic is He.

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

لا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لاغِيَةً

[Al-Ghashiyah 88:11]

Rather, everything in it is earnest, everything in it is peace, everything in it is glorification, praise, the declaration of Allah's greatness, and the takbir. They are inspired with glorification just as they are inspired with breath, meaning: it does not burden them and they are not affected by it. So they are always in the remembrance of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, in glorification, intimacy, and joy. Some of them come to others, visiting one another, in a delight without parallel. We ask Allah to make us and you among its people.

Within it is a flowing spring.

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

[Al-Ghashiyah 88:12]

And this spring, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has made it rivers

wherein are rivers of water unaltered, rivers of milk the taste of which never changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey

فِيهَا أَنْهَارٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ غَيْرِ آسِنٍ وَأَنْهَارٌ مِنْ لَبَنٍ لَمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ طَعْمُهُ وَأَنْهَارٌ مِنْ خَمْرٍ لَذَّةٍ لِلشَّارِبِينَ وَأَنْهَارٌ مِنْ عَسَلٍ مُصَفّىً

[Muhammad 47:15]

flowing, meaning: they flow wherever their people wish. They do not need to dig a canal or establish a trench, as Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "Its rivers flow in no trench *** Glory to the One who holds them back from overflowing".

⁽¹³⁾ Within it are couches raised high ⁽¹⁴⁾ And cups put in place ⁽¹⁵⁾ And cushions lined up ⁽¹⁶⁾ And carpets spread around.

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ * وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ * وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ * وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

[Al-Ghashiyah 88:13-16]

Look at the contrast:

Within it are couches raised high

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَةٌ

[Al-Ghashiyah 88:13]

high, they sit upon them, they enjoy themselves

They and their spouses - in shade, reclining on adorned couches.

هُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُهُمْ فِي ظِلالٍ عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ مُتَّكِئُونَ

[Ya-Sin 36:56]

And cups set down

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَوْضُوعَةٌ

Al-akwab is the plural of kub, which is the cup and the like.

Set down

مَوْضُوعَة

Meaning: they are not lifted away from them, rather they are placed for them, and whenever they wish, they drink from them from these four rivers that were mentioned previously.
He the Exalted said:

⁽¹⁵⁾ And cushions lined up ⁽¹⁶⁾ And carpets spread around.

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ * وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

[Al-Ghashiyah 88:15-16]

Al-nimarq is the plural of nimrah, which is the cushion or what one leans upon, arranged in the best manner. The eye delights in them before the body delights in leaning upon them.

And carpets spread out

وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ

Al-zarabi: the highest types of carpets.

Spread out

مَبْثُوثَةٌ

Spread out in every place. Do not think that these cushions, these cups, these couches, and these carpets resemble what is in this world. For if they resembled what is in this world, we would know the bliss of the Hereafter and know its reality. But they do not resemble it, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:

And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes as reward for what they used to do.

فَلا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَا أُخْفِيَ لَهُمْ مِنْ قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

[As-Sajdah 32:17]

Only the names are the same, but the realities are different. For this reason, Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him and his father, said: "There is nothing in the Hereafter from what is in this world except the names only" So we do not know the reality of these blessings mentioned in Paradise, even though we see what corresponds to them in name in this world, but there is a difference between this and that.
Then He the Exalted said:

Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

أَفَلا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الإبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

[Al-Ghashiyah 88:17]

And the discussion of this, if Allah wills, will be in an upcoming meeting. Now, to the questions, and we start from the right. The rule with us is that we do not listen to more than one question, and no comment on it either, so that there is justice among the brothers present, and each one gets what Allah wills of the question. Yes.

Source alathar.net

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