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It's heaven | Episode (2) | Gates of heaven
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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It is Paradise.
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The gates of Paradise.
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Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
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And may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad.
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And upon all his family and his Companions.
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To proceed:
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O you who yearn for Paradise!
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Our journey must continue.
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Come, mount these she-camels.
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Sit upon these golden saddles.
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And advance toward the gates of Paradise.
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Here we have reached its gates.
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The eight magnificent gates.
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These gates,
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Which will be opened in Ramadan,
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So that not a single one of them is closed throughout the month.
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Look!
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This is the gate of al-Rayyan,
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Through which those who fasted will enter.
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That is the gate of prayer, O people of prayer and the mosques.
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And that is the gate of charity, O people of generosity and giving.
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And there are other gates besides these.
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And every gate has its own people.
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We will crowd, by the permission of Allah, at these gates,
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Until our shoulders are pressed together,
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And they are almost displaced from their places due to the intensity of the throng.
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Even though the distance between the two sides of the gate,
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Is like the distance between Makkah and Hajar.
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And for some gates, the distance between their two sides is a forty-year journey.
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And between one gate and the next,
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Is a seventy-year journey.
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But why are the gates still closed?
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Why do they not open?
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When the people—all the people—reach the gates,
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They find them locked.
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So they turn to our father Adam, peace be upon him.
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They ask him to intercede for them to have the gates of Paradise opened.
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For he is their father.
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He answers them by saying,
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"Did anything drive you out of it except your father’s sin?"
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"I am not the one for this."
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"But go to my son, Ibrahim, the Khalil (Intimate Friend) of Allah."
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So they come to him.
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Ibrahim, peace be upon him, says,
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"I am not the one for that."
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"I was only a Khalil from afar."
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Then he says,
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"Betake yourselves to Musa, peace be upon him,"
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"Whom Allah spoke to directly."
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So they come to Musa, peace be upon him.
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He says, "I am not the one for that."
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"Go to Isa, the Word of Allah and His Spirit."
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So they come to him.
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Isa, peace be upon him, says,
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"I am not the one for that."
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"Go to Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."
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So they come to Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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He stands and intercedes, and permission is granted to him.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, comes
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To the gate of Paradise.
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And we are with him, around him, and behind him.
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He takes hold of the ring of the gate of Paradise.
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He moves it and knocks on the gate.
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The keeper of Paradise asks,
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"Who are you?"
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He says, "Muhammad."
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The keeper says,
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"Welcome, O Muhammad."
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"I was commanded regarding you; I shall not open for anyone before you."
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Then the gate is opened.
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Our beloved and our Prophet, peace be upon him, enters it first.
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And we are behind him.
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And the rest of the nations are behind us.
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For we are the last in this world,
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But the first on the Day of Resurrection to enter Paradise.
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Come, O people of Paradise!
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Come, press forward with the people,
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And advance toward the gates,
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And enter the Gardens.
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In the midst of this,
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We hear the voice of a caller calling out.
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It is a call for Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him.
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He is summoned to enter Paradise from whichever of its gates he wishes.
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And this is another call as well.
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It is for those who used to perform their ablution well,
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And then say after finishing it:
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"I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner,"
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"And I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger."
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Here they are now, being called from the eight gates of Paradise,
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To enter from whichever they wish.
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And another call,
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For women who are called from all the gates of Paradise.
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They are those who prayed their five obligatory prayers,
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Fasted their month,
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Guarded their chastity,
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And obeyed their husbands.
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How wonderful is their call!
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How great and beautiful the gates are as they stand open!
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These gates will never be closed after that.
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So do not fear and do not worry.
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Did Allah the Almighty not say:
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﴾Gardens of perpetual residence, whose doors will be opened for them﴿
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"Enter them in peace."
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This is the day of eternity.
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The angels receive us, welcome us, and congratulate us.
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They say, "Peace be upon you for what you patiently endured."
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How excellent is the final home!
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If a human could fly with joy, we would have flown.
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Here our faces have been whitened,
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Overspread with joy and radiant.
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We have entered Paradise.
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Here we meet our fathers,
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Who raised us when we were small,
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And departed from us while we had not yet repaid them some of their due.
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Here we will meet our mothers,
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Who labored in raising us when we were young.
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Now we shall meet them.
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O you who lost your son,
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The apple of your eye,
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And swallowed the bitterness of pain at his departure,
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And were waiting for this day to meet him—
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Now you shall meet him.
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O you who lost your daughter,
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The fragrance of your heart,
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Now you shall meet her.
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O you who loved your brother and your sister,
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And death separated you—
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Here is a meeting after which there is no parting.
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O beloved ones and companions,
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You shall meet.
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You shall be happy in a delightful life that has no distress.
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“Lo! this is the supreme triumph.” (37:60)
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“For the like of this, then, let the workers work.” (37:61)
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O you who were ill in the world,
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Do you remember your illness now?
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O you elderly man,
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Do you remember your fatigue and your pain?
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O you poor person,
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Do you feel the humiliation of poverty now?
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O you who were wounded and in pain,
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Do you remember your pain and your suffering now?
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O you who were constant in your prayer,
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Do you see the effect of your prayer now?
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O you who spent your wealth,
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And O you generous one,
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Have you found the reward of your kindness?
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Do you remember the toil of obedience now?
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Or has the fatigue passed away,
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And only the reward from the Lord remains?
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O people of remembrance (dhikr),
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Did your remembrance benefit you?
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O people of the Qur'an,
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Did the Qur'an elevate you?
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This is the Paradise for which you labored,
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And for which you abstained from the forbidden to enter it,
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And restrained yourselves in acts of obedience to be among its people.
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You have attained it by the mercy of the Most Merciful of the merciful.
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So enter it, abiding eternally.
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“Are these they of whom ye swore that Allah would not show them mercy? (Unto them it hath been said): Enter the Garden. No fear shall come upon you nor is it ye who will grieve.” (7:49)
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O people of the Gardens,
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Do you see?
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These poor people,
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They precede the wealthy in entering Paradise.
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They precede them by five hundred years.
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For they have no dirhams or dinars to be held accountable for.
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They lived in the world lightly,
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So they enter Paradise now swiftly.
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And look at this group entering Paradise,
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Their faces are like the moon on the night of the full moon.
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And the ones after them, their faces are like the brightest star in the sky.
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And these,
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Seventy thousand,
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They enter Paradise,
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With no reckoning and no punishment upon them,
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Because in the world they did not seek incantations, did not use cauterization, and did not believe in omens,
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And they relied upon their Lord.
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Here are the throngs,
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Entering Paradise in succession.
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The Prophets with their followers.
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The delegations follow one another,
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And the generosity and mercy of Allah toward His servants are manifested.
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And all people hope for His mercy.
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Look at those detained on a high place,
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They are the people of al-A'raf,
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Whose good deeds and bad deeds were equal.
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They fear the fate of the wrongdoers,
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And they hope for the generosity of the Lord of the worlds.
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And Allah does not disappoint their hope,
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So He encompasses them with His mercy.
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O you who yearn for Paradise!
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Paradise receives its people,
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Until the last of those to enter it,
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Is a group who were the weakest of people in walking upon the Sirat (the bridge).
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They crawl upon it, crawling.
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Until, when they have crossed it,
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And Allah has saved them from the Fire,
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They turn toward it and say,
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"Blessed is He who saved us from you."
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"Allah has given us something,"
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"That He has not given to anyone among the first and the last."
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While they are in that state, having passed beyond the Fire,
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a tree is raised up for them.
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They look toward it,
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and one of them says,
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"O my Lord,
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bring me near to this tree,
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that I may seek shade in its shadow
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and drink from its water."
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Allah the Exalted says,
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"O My servant,
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perhaps if I bring you near to it, you will ask Me for something else."
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He says,
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"No, O my Lord."
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He makes a covenant with Allah that he will not ask Him for anything else,
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and his Lord excuses him,
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because he sees what he has no patience to endure.
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So He brings him near to it,
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and he seeks shade in its shadow
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and drinks from its water.
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Then a tree is raised up for him,
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which is better than the first.
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He says,
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"O my Lord,
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bring me near to this one so that I may drink from its water
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and seek shade in its shadow;
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I will not ask You for anything else."
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Allah says,
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"O son of Adam,
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did you not covenant with Me that you would not ask Me for anything else?
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Perhaps if I bring you near to it, you will ask Me for something else."
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He makes a covenant with Him that he will not ask Him for anything else,
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and his Lord excuses him,
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because he sees what he has no patience to endure.
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So He brings him near to it,
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and he seeks shade in its shadow
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and drinks from its water.
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Then a tree is raised up for him
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at the gate of Paradise,
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which is better than the first.
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He says,
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"O my Lord,
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bring me near to this one,
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that I may seek shade in its shadow
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and drink from its water;
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I will not ask You for anything else."
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Allah says,
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"O son of Adam,
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did you not covenant with Me that you would not ask Me for anything else?"
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He says,
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"Yes, O my Lord;
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this one—I will not ask You for anything else."
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And his Lord excuses him,
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because he sees what he has no patience to endure.
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So He brings him near to it.
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Once He brings him near to it,
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he hears the voices of the people of Paradise.
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He says,
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"O my Lord, admit me into it."
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Allah says,
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"O son of Adam,
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how treacherous you are!"
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The servant says,
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"O my Lord,
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do not make me the most wretched of Your creation."
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Allah says to him,
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"Enter Paradise."
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So he enters it,
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and finds it has been filled.
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He returns to his Lord and says,
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"O my Lord, I found it full."
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Allah says to him,
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"Go and enter Paradise,
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for you shall have the likes of the world and ten times more."
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The servant says,
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"Are You mocking me, while You are the King?"
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Our Lord laughs and says,
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"I am not mocking you,
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but I am able to do whatever I will."
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Then the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, will intercede,
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as will the righteous among the servants of Allah,
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those whom Allah permits.
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They will intercede for people who entered the Fire,
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or for the people of major sins.
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They will be brought out of it after they have been purified,
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for Allah has forbidden the Fire to consume the traces of prostration upon them.
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They will be brought out of it having been scorched,
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and water will be poured upon them called the Water of Life,
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and they will sprout as a seed sprouts in the silt of a flood.
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Then they will enter Paradise.
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Even when the intercessors have finished,
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Allah, Glory be to Him and Exalted, will bring out people from the Fire
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who possess the essence of faith,
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but have no righteous deeds.
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He will bring them out by His grace and generosity,
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and admit them into Paradise by His mercy.
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This is the intercession of the Most Merciful of the merciful.
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Its gates are eight, as has come
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in the text, and they are for the one who performs good deeds.
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The gate of Jihad is the highest of them,
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and the gate of fasting is called the Gate of Rayyan.
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For every righteous endeavor there is a gate,
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and the master of that endeavor shall enter through it in safety.
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A person will be called from all of its gates
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if he fulfills the requirements of faith.
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Among them is Abu Bakr al-Siddiq,
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the successor to the one sent with the Qur'an.
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Seventy years between each two of them,
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measured by count and calculation.
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Yet between them is a distance of forty,
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as narrated by the scholar of the Ummah, the Shayban.
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O Allah, grant us Paradise and its bliss.
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O Allah, admit us into the highest gardens of Firdaws,
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without reckoning and without prior punishment.
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O Allah, Amen.
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The journey has a remainder,
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for it is Paradise.