In His saying, the Exalted: “And that is the great success.” We said it is Paradise, so how about seeing Allah, Mighty and Majestic?
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The student: ... Does looking at Allah, Mighty and Majestic, fall under the verse: ?
The Shaykh : Yes, because Paradise and what is in it is success, and the greatest pleasure in Paradise is looking at the Face of Allah. For this reason, we mentioned to you, my brothers, that al-Zamakhshari’s statement: “What greater success is there than this?” is a true word, and no one objects to it except because we know that the man does not affirm looking at the Face of Allah. Otherwise, we would have said: When you enter Paradise, you have entered Paradise with all the pleasure contained in it.
And that is the great success
وذلك الفوز العظيمThe Shaykh : Yes, because Paradise and what is in it is success, and the greatest pleasure in Paradise is looking at the Face of Allah. For this reason, we mentioned to you, my brothers, that al-Zamakhshari’s statement: “What greater success is there than this?” is a true word, and no one objects to it except because we know that the man does not affirm looking at the Face of Allah. Otherwise, we would have said: When you enter Paradise, you have entered Paradise with all the pleasure contained in it.