1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,089 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:05,089 --> 00:00:09,089 It is Paradise. 3 00:00:09,089 --> 00:00:22,210 The description of the people of Paradise. 4 00:00:22,210 --> 00:00:24,210 Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. 5 00:00:24,210 --> 00:00:28,210 And may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad. 6 00:00:28,210 --> 00:00:31,210 And upon all his family and companions. 7 00:00:31,210 --> 00:00:32,210 To proceed: 8 00:00:32,210 --> 00:00:34,619 O people of Paradise, 9 00:00:34,619 --> 00:00:38,619 you will live in those gardens, by the permission of Allah. 10 00:00:38,619 --> 00:00:41,619 You will be in the form and stature of our father Adam, peace be upon him, 11 00:00:41,619 --> 00:00:44,689 which is the most perfect of forms. 12 00:00:44,689 --> 00:00:47,689 Allah created him with His own hand and perfected his form, 13 00:00:47,689 --> 00:00:50,750 standing sixty cubits tall, 14 00:00:50,750 --> 00:00:53,750 and seven cubits wide. 15 00:00:53,750 --> 00:00:57,750 This is the greatest and most complete of human statures. 16 00:00:57,750 --> 00:01:00,750 You will be at the age of thirty-three years. 17 00:01:00,750 --> 00:01:04,980 Reflect upon this height, width, and age, 18 00:01:04,980 --> 00:01:06,980 for within it lies wisdom 19 00:01:06,980 --> 00:01:09,980 that is hidden from no one. 20 00:01:09,980 --> 00:01:14,040 It is the most eloquent and complete state for the fulfillment of pleasure. 21 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,040 The proportion between the height and the width 22 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,170 is not hidden from you, 23 00:01:18,170 --> 00:01:21,170 for if one were to exceed the other, 24 00:01:21,170 --> 00:01:23,170 the balance would be lost. 25 00:01:23,170 --> 00:01:26,620 Here we all are in Paradise, 26 00:01:26,620 --> 00:01:28,620 our complexions fair, 27 00:01:28,620 --> 00:01:30,620 the most beautiful of fair complexions, 28 00:01:30,620 --> 00:01:32,620 our eyes adorned with kohl, 29 00:01:32,620 --> 00:01:35,620 the most beautiful of adornments. 30 00:01:35,620 --> 00:01:38,620 We will be hairless on our bodies, 31 00:01:38,620 --> 00:01:41,620 beardless on our faces, 32 00:01:41,620 --> 00:01:44,620 and curly-haired on our heads. 33 00:01:44,620 --> 00:01:48,620 Our character will be the best that a person can possess, 34 00:01:48,620 --> 00:01:52,810 having reached the pinnacle and limit of goodness. 35 00:01:52,810 --> 00:01:56,810 Indeed, our beauty will increase as the ages pass. 36 00:01:56,810 --> 00:01:59,969 What of faces that look upon Allah? 37 00:01:59,969 --> 00:02:02,969 How could they return? 38 00:02:02,969 --> 00:02:05,060 Without a doubt, 39 00:02:05,060 --> 00:02:08,060 their light and beauty will only increase. 40 00:02:08,060 --> 00:02:10,479 For every Friday, 41 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:13,479 we will go to the market of Paradise, 42 00:02:13,479 --> 00:02:16,479 and the north wind will blow upon us, 43 00:02:16,479 --> 00:02:19,479 scattering upon our faces and garments 44 00:02:19,479 --> 00:02:21,479 the soil of Paradise, 45 00:02:21,479 --> 00:02:24,479 with its saffron and fragrance, 46 00:02:24,479 --> 00:02:27,479 so we will increase in beauty and splendor. 47 00:02:27,479 --> 00:02:29,479 We will return to our families, 48 00:02:29,479 --> 00:02:31,479 and they will say to us, 49 00:02:31,479 --> 00:02:34,479 "You have increased in beauty and splendor." 50 00:02:34,479 --> 00:02:36,479 We will say to them, 51 00:02:36,479 --> 00:02:38,479 "And you, by Allah, 52 00:02:38,479 --> 00:02:41,479 have increased in beauty and splendor after we left." 53 00:02:41,479 --> 00:02:45,830 This is the state every week. 54 00:02:45,830 --> 00:02:47,830 Here in Paradise, 55 00:02:47,830 --> 00:02:51,830 we will eat whatever we desire of various meats and birds, 56 00:02:51,830 --> 00:02:57,830 and drink whatever we wish from rivers of milk, wine, water, and honey, 57 00:02:57,830 --> 00:03:00,830 as well as from the springs of Paradise. 58 00:03:00,830 --> 00:03:02,830 Yet, despite this, 59 00:03:02,830 --> 00:03:05,830 we will have no need for urination or defecation, 60 00:03:05,830 --> 00:03:10,830 nor will it produce belching as happens with worldly food. 61 00:03:10,830 --> 00:03:14,930 Rather, we will digest what we eat with complete ease, 62 00:03:14,930 --> 00:03:19,930 and it will exit our bodies as sweat and perspiration, fragrant like musk, 63 00:03:19,930 --> 00:03:24,409 so we will increase in fragrance upon fragrance. 64 00:03:24,409 --> 00:03:26,409 O people of Paradise, 65 00:03:26,409 --> 00:03:31,409 we are here in eternal well-being and perfect health. 66 00:03:31,409 --> 00:03:35,409 No ailments or diseases afflict us, 67 00:03:35,409 --> 00:03:38,500 nor any pain or fatigue. 68 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:41,500 Our bliss therein is lasting and eternal; 69 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:45,539 no misery or distress shall reach us. 70 00:03:45,539 --> 00:03:50,599 Our youth therein does not fade or change, 71 00:03:50,599 --> 00:03:53,599 nor is it replaced by old age or decay. 72 00:03:53,599 --> 00:03:57,699 Furthermore, we do not sleep therein, 73 00:03:57,699 --> 00:04:00,699 because sleep is the brother of death, 74 00:04:00,699 --> 00:04:02,699 and there is no death in Paradise. 75 00:04:02,699 --> 00:04:06,789 And because sleep is a disconnection from reality, 76 00:04:06,789 --> 00:04:10,789 and there is no disconnection from pleasure in Paradise, 77 00:04:10,789 --> 00:04:14,789 nor any pause in the moments of bliss, 78 00:04:14,789 --> 00:04:17,790 without boredom or weariness. 79 00:04:17,790 --> 00:04:22,180 Rather, we will be given great strength in everything: 80 00:04:22,180 --> 00:04:25,240 in eating, drinking, and desire, 81 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,339 such that the strength of one of us 82 00:04:28,339 --> 00:04:31,339 will be equal to the strength of one hundred men, 83 00:04:31,339 --> 00:04:35,339 so that the feeling of pleasure may be greater and more complete. 84 00:04:35,339 --> 00:04:38,459 Did Allah the Almighty not say in His Book, 85 00:04:38,459 --> 00:04:41,459 describing the people of Paradise: 86 00:04:41,459 --> 00:04:46,689 "Gardens of perpetual residence, which they will enter," 87 00:04:46,689 --> 00:04:51,689 "they will be adorned therein with bracelets," 88 00:04:51,689 --> 00:04:57,689 "of gold and pearls," 89 00:04:57,689 --> 00:05:01,689 "and their garments therein will be silk." 90 00:05:01,689 --> 00:05:04,689 And they will say, "Praise be to Allah," 91 00:05:04,689 --> 00:05:08,689 "who has removed from us all sorrow." 92 00:05:08,689 --> 00:05:14,689 “And they say: Praise be to Allah Who hath put grief away from us. Lo! Our Lord is Forgiving, Bountiful,” (35:34) 93 00:05:14,689 --> 00:05:18,689 “Who, of His grace, hath installed us in the mansion of eternity, where toil toucheth us not nor can weariness affect us.” (35:35) 94 00:05:18,689 --> 00:05:27,689 “Who, of His grace, hath installed us in the mansion of eternity, where toil toucheth us not nor can weariness affect us.” (35:35) 95 00:05:27,689 --> 00:05:33,139 “Who, of His grace, hath installed us in the mansion of eternity, where toil toucheth us not nor can weariness affect us.” (35:35) 96 00:05:33,139 --> 00:05:36,139 "An-nasab" (fatigue) is the weariness of the body, 97 00:05:36,139 --> 00:05:38,139 and "al-lughub" is the weariness of the soul. 98 00:05:38,139 --> 00:05:42,709 Both are removed from us in Paradise. 99 00:05:42,709 --> 00:05:45,709 As for the state of our hearts in Paradise, 100 00:05:45,709 --> 00:05:48,709 they are free from malice and envy, 101 00:05:48,709 --> 00:05:52,709 and everything else that exists in the world. 102 00:05:52,709 --> 00:05:55,709 There is no disagreement or hatred among us. 103 00:05:55,709 --> 00:05:58,779 We are inspired to glorify and praise Allah, 104 00:05:58,779 --> 00:06:04,189 just as we are inspired to breathe, in the morning and the evening. 105 00:06:04,189 --> 00:06:10,189 The highest in rank among us is the one who looks upon Allah the Almighty every day. 106 00:06:10,189 --> 00:06:14,189 And the lowest in rank—though there is no one among us who is "low"— 107 00:06:14,189 --> 00:06:18,189 is he who travels through his kingdom for two thousand years, 108 00:06:18,189 --> 00:06:23,860 and he looks at the furthest end of his kingdom just as he sees the nearest. 109 00:06:23,860 --> 00:06:25,860 O people of the gardens, 110 00:06:25,860 --> 00:06:30,860 we will descend into the degrees of Paradise according to our deeds. 111 00:06:30,860 --> 00:06:33,930 For entry into Paradise is by grace, 112 00:06:33,930 --> 00:06:38,250 but our stations therein are by justice. 113 00:06:38,250 --> 00:06:41,250 Paradise has a hundred degrees, or more, 114 00:06:41,250 --> 00:06:45,250 and within each degree are further degrees. 115 00:06:45,250 --> 00:06:50,629 The distance between two degrees is like that between the heaven and the earth. 116 00:06:50,629 --> 00:06:53,629 The highest of them is the degree of Firdaws, 117 00:06:53,629 --> 00:06:57,629 and the highest degree of Firdaws is the Wasilah, 118 00:06:57,629 --> 00:07:04,629 which Allah the Almighty has reserved for our Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. 119 00:07:04,629 --> 00:07:08,629 It is the closest of degrees to Allah the Almighty. 120 00:07:08,629 --> 00:07:11,980 We will see those above us in their chambers 121 00:07:11,980 --> 00:07:17,980 just as we see a brilliant star fading on the horizon in the east or the west. 122 00:07:17,980 --> 00:07:21,209 Did Allah the Almighty not say: 123 00:07:21,209 --> 00:07:27,500 “There are degrees (of grace and reprobation) with Allah, and Allah is Seer of what they do.” (3:163) 124 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:32,500 "And Allah is All-Seeing of what they do." 125 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:37,009 Here, it will be said to the companion of the Qur'an: 126 00:07:37,009 --> 00:07:39,009 "Recite and ascend," 127 00:07:39,009 --> 00:07:44,009 "for your station is at the last verse you recite." 128 00:07:44,009 --> 00:07:48,040 So he will recite and ascend through the degrees of Paradise, 129 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:52,870 until he recites the very last thing he has memorized. 130 00:07:52,870 --> 00:07:55,870 And now, come with me, my companions, 131 00:07:55,870 --> 00:07:59,939 to look into these beautiful gardens. 132 00:07:59,939 --> 00:08:02,939 What is their soil composed of? 133 00:08:02,939 --> 00:08:04,939 How is their construction? 134 00:08:04,939 --> 00:08:07,939 How are their houses and palaces? 135 00:08:07,939 --> 00:08:11,939 Let us learn more and more about them. 136 00:08:11,939 --> 00:08:15,449 Look at the soil of Paradise; 137 00:08:15,449 --> 00:08:18,449 it is made of precious saffron, 138 00:08:18,449 --> 00:08:20,449 than which there is nothing better. 139 00:08:20,449 --> 00:08:22,480 Its color is beautiful, 140 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,480 its appearance is beautiful, 141 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,480 and its texture is soft. 142 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,540 When water is mixed with it, 143 00:08:29,540 --> 00:08:31,540 or the wind blows over it, 144 00:08:31,540 --> 00:08:34,539 we smell the scent of pure musk, 145 00:08:34,539 --> 00:08:37,539 intense in its pleasant fragrance. 146 00:08:37,539 --> 00:08:41,580 Some of its lands are white "darmaka" (fine flour), 147 00:08:41,580 --> 00:08:45,580 resembling bread made from pure white flour, 148 00:08:45,580 --> 00:08:49,700 known for its softness and smoothness. 149 00:08:49,700 --> 00:08:51,700 This is the soil of our Paradise, 150 00:08:51,700 --> 00:08:54,700 which our feet tread upon, 151 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:56,769 and upon which we walk. 152 00:08:56,769 --> 00:08:58,769 So how is its construction? 153 00:08:58,769 --> 00:09:00,769 How is its ceiling? 154 00:09:00,769 --> 00:09:06,409 How are its palaces, rivers, and orchards? 155 00:09:06,409 --> 00:09:08,409 O people of Paradise, 156 00:09:08,409 --> 00:09:12,500 this musk and saffron in the soil of Paradise 157 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:15,500 gives it a powerful scent, 158 00:09:15,500 --> 00:09:17,500 fragrant and pure. 159 00:09:17,500 --> 00:09:22,500 We find its scent from vast, distant spaces. 160 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:25,919 Some of us will smell the scent of Paradise 161 00:09:25,919 --> 00:09:28,919 from a distance of forty years. 162 00:09:28,919 --> 00:09:33,080 This is the one with the lowest rank in Paradise. 163 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,080 And some of us will smell it 164 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,080 from a distance of seventy years. 165 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,080 And some of us will smell its scent 166 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,080 from a distance of five hundred years. 167 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,080 And some of us will smell its scent 168 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,080 from a distance of a thousand years, 169 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,080 and that is due to his purity and the purity of his deeds. 170 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:56,590 This scent that you smell from afar 171 00:09:56,590 --> 00:09:59,590 resembles the scent of henna, 172 00:09:59,590 --> 00:10:03,820 which is the queen of the fragrant plants of Paradise. 173 00:10:03,820 --> 00:10:08,820 All the believers will smell the scent of Paradise in the Hereafter, 174 00:10:08,820 --> 00:10:11,820 those near to it and those far. 175 00:10:11,820 --> 00:10:14,820 Some may even smell it in this world, 176 00:10:14,820 --> 00:10:17,820 as an honor from Allah for them, 177 00:10:17,820 --> 00:10:22,820 just as Anas Ibn al-Nadr, may Allah be pleased with him, smelled it on the day of Uhud, 178 00:10:22,820 --> 00:10:24,820 when he said: 179 00:10:24,820 --> 00:10:27,820 "I smell the scent of Paradise," 180 00:10:27,820 --> 00:10:30,820 "I find it below Uhud." 181 00:10:30,820 --> 00:10:32,820 He could not restrain himself, 182 00:10:32,820 --> 00:10:36,820 so he advanced and fought the people until he was killed. 183 00:10:36,820 --> 00:10:40,820 They found over eighty wounds on him. 184 00:10:40,820 --> 00:10:47,230 Some believers may smell this scent when their souls are taken, 185 00:10:47,230 --> 00:10:50,230 as a glad tiding hastened for them. 186 00:10:50,230 --> 00:10:55,220 Those below will see those above them 187 00:10:55,220 --> 00:10:59,220 like stars, seen with the naked eye. 188 00:10:59,220 --> 00:11:06,259 This is not restricted to the messengers of Allah, but for them and the truthful ones of faith. 189 00:11:06,259 --> 00:11:10,289 Yet the lowest among them—and there is no one low among them, 190 00:11:10,289 --> 00:11:14,289 for there is no deficiency in the gardens— 191 00:11:14,289 --> 00:11:18,289 is he whose kingdom spans a distance 192 00:11:18,289 --> 00:11:22,320 of two thousand of our years. 193 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:29,320 He sees the furthest point of it just as he sees the nearest. 194 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:36,740 This is so, and their age is thirty-three, which is the strength of youth. 195 00:11:36,740 --> 00:11:43,799 Their height is the height of their father, sixty, but their width is seven, without deficiency. 196 00:11:43,799 --> 00:11:50,929 This is so, and the proportion between this width and the height of wondrous status is not hidden. 197 00:11:50,929 --> 00:11:55,120 Their complexions are fair, and they have no beards, 198 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:59,120 curly-haired, with eyes adorned with kohl. 199 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:06,120 This is the perfection of beauty in their skin, their hair, and likewise their eyes. 200 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:13,120 The fragrance is found from a distance of forty years, and if you wish, a hundred is also narrated. 201 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:20,120 Likewise, seventy has been narrated; all of this is authentic and supported by two reports. 202 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:27,309 It has also been estimated at five hundred, multiplied, without any deficiency. 203 00:12:27,309 --> 00:12:35,409 If this is authentic, then it, and what came before it, is entirely possible. 204 00:12:35,409 --> 00:12:39,700 O Allah, grant us Paradise and its bounties. 205 00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:43,789 O Allah, we ask You for the highest level of Paradise, al-Firdaws. 206 00:12:43,789 --> 00:12:47,789 Without reckoning and without prior punishment. 207 00:12:47,789 --> 00:12:52,919 O Allah, answer our prayer, for the journey remains. 208 00:12:52,919 --> 00:12:56,049 It is Paradise.