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· Lesson 13 of 16
It's heaven | Episode (12) | Seeing God Almighty in 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 vision of Allah, the Exalted, in Paradise.
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Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
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And may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad.
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And upon all his family and companions, and thereafter:
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O people of Paradise!
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We have wandered together through the gardens of Paradise.
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And we have learned of the everlasting bliss contained therein,
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Which Allah has prepared for His righteous allies.
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Yet, place all that has passed on one side of the scale,
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And what I am about to tell you now,
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Place it on the other.
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Our discussion now is about the greatest and most perfect bliss,
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A bliss that, once its sweetness is tasted,
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Makes one forget every other delight in Paradise.
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For no one in Paradise has been given
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Anything greater than this bliss.
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It is none other than gazing upon the Face of Allah, the Exalted and Generous,
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And hearing His speech,
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And the coolness of the eyes in being near to Him.
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For every pleasure in this world and the Hereafter
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Does not compare in the slightest
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To this pleasure, ever.
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Even the smallest, most trivial portion of His pleasure, the Exalted,
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Is greater than the Gardens and all they contain,
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Just as our Lord, the Exalted, has informed us
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Himself, saying:
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“Allah promiseth to the believers, men and women, Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide - blessed dwellings in Gardens of Eden. And - greater (far)! - acceptance from Allah. That is the supreme triumph.” (9:72)
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And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, informed us,
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Saying that He, glory be to Him,
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When He manifests,
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And they see His Face clearly,
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They will forget all the bliss they are in.
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Our Lord,
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Who created us from nothingness,
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And provided us with blessings,
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And protected us in this world of hardship,
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And sustained us without any power or strength of our own,
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Our Lord, to whom we have long turned,
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And He sheltered us,
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And we sought Him, and He gave us,
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And we hoped in Him, and He did not disappoint our hope.
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Our Lord, whom we worshipped and prayed to,
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And for whom we made our religion sincere.
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Our Lord, who said—how we have longed to see Him
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And hear His speech!
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Now, in Paradise,
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We shall see our Lord, O my companions.
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When we enter Paradise,
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We shall attain the great vision therein,
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The vision that is the greatest of all visions,
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And the goal toward which those who strive
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Have striven,
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And for which the competitors have competed,
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And of which those who are veiled from their Lord are deprived,
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And from His door are turned away.
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Some people asked, saying:
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"O Messenger of Allah,
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Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?"
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He, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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"Do you have any doubt in seeing the moon on the night of the full moon,
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When there is no cloud obscuring it?"
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They said, "No, O Messenger of Allah."
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He said, "Do you doubt the sun,
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When there is no cloud obscuring it?"
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They said, "No." He said,
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"Then you shall see Him likewise."
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And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, informed us,
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Saying: "When the people of Paradise enter,
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Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He, will say:
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'Do you wish for anything more that I may increase for you?'
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They will say:
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'Has He not brightened our faces?
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Has He not admitted us to Paradise,
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And saved us from the Fire?'
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Then the veil will be lifted,
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And they will not have been given anything dearer to them
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Than gazing upon their Lord, the Almighty and Majestic."
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“For those who do good is the best (reward) and more (thereto). Neither dust nor ignominy cometh near their faces. Such are rightful owners of the Garden; they will abide therein.” (10:26)
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"No darkness or humiliation will cover their faces."
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(This refers to the believers).
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Those are the people of Paradise,
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They will abide therein forever.
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And the 'best' (al-husna) in this verse
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Is Paradise,
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And the 'increase' (al-ziyadah) is the gaze upon the Face of the Most Merciful,
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In His majesty and the holiness of His names.
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And there is nothing between the people and seeing their Lord
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Except the mantle of pride
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Upon His Face in the Garden of Eden.
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And along with this vision,
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Our Lord, the Almighty and Majestic, speaks to us,
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With no translator between us and Him.
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How delicious is this speech!
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And oh, the delight of that hearing!
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Yes, we are in Paradise,
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We hear the speech of the angels,
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As they welcome and greet us,
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And we hear the speech of the people of Paradise,
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But our hearing
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Of the speech of Allah and His addressing us
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Is more delicious, more delightful,
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And greater and sweeter to our souls.
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And this speech, as Allah, the Exalted, described it:
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“The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace!” (36:58)
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The Exalted says:
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"O people of Paradise!"
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And they will say:
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"At Your service, our Lord, and at Your command,
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And all good is in Your hands."
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He will say: "Are you satisfied?"
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They will say: "And why should we
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Not be satisfied, O Lord,
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When You have not given anyone among Your creation [what You have given us]?"
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He will say: "Shall I not give you
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Something better than that?"
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They will say: "O Lord,
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And what thing is better than that?"
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He will say: "I bestow upon you
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My pleasure, so I shall never be angry with you
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After it, ever."
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What do you think of our state on that day,
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When our faces are radiant with splendor and beauty,
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And majesty and glory?
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Did Allah, the Exalted, not say:
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"Faces, that Day, will be radiant,
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Looking toward their Lord"?
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The caller will call out:
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"O people of Paradise, your Lord,
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Blessed and Exalted be He, invites you to visit Him,
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So come to His visitation."
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And we will say: "We hear and we obey,"
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And we will rise to the visitation, hastening.
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And there, the wonders of the mounts
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Have been prepared for us,
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So we mount their backs, hurrying,
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Until we reach the spacious valley
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For which He has set us an appointment,
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And we gather there,
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And the caller will not leave anyone behind.
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The Lord, Blessed and Exalted be He, will command
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His Throne to be set up there,
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Then pulpits of light will be set up for us,
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And pulpits of pearl,
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And pulpits of chrysolite,
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And pulpits of gold,
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And pulpits of silver.
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And the lowest of us—
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Though there is no one among us who is truly 'low'—will sit upon mounds of musk.
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Until our seats are settled,
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And our places are secured,
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The caller will call out:
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"O people of Paradise,
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You have an appointment with Allah,
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Which He wishes to fulfill for you."
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We will say: "And what is it?
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Has He not brightened our faces,
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And weighed our scales,
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And moved us away from the Fire?"
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While we are in that state,
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A light will shine forth for which Paradise will glow,
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And we will raise our heads,
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And there is the Compeller, glory be to His majesty,
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And the holiness of His names,
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Having appeared to us from above.
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And He will say: "O people of Paradise,
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Peace be upon you."
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We will return this greeting
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With something better than our own words:
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"O Allah, You are Peace,
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And from You is peace,
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Blessed are You, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor."
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Then our Lord, Blessed and Exalted be He, will manifest to us,
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Laughing at us,
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And He will say: "O people of Paradise,
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Where are My servants who obeyed Me?
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For this is the Day of Increase."
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We will gather on one word:
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"We are pleased, our Lord,
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So be pleased with us."
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He will say: "O people of Paradise,
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If I were not pleased with you,
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I would not have let you dwell in My Paradise.
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This is the Day of Increase,
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So ask of Me."
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Not one thing, but:
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"Show us Your Face, that we may look upon You."
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Then our Lord, glory be to His majesty, will lift the veils,
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And manifest to us,
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And there will cover us of His light
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That, had Allah not decreed
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That we should not burn, we would have burned.
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And there will not remain in that gathering
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Anyone among us but that He will address him,
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To the point that He will say:
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"O so-and-so, do you remember
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The day you did such-and-such?"
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Reminding him of some of his transgressions
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In the world.
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The servant will say: "O my Lord,
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"Did You not forgive me?" He will reply, "Indeed,
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by My forgiveness you have attained your station."
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This is the day
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wherein they shall have whatever they desire,
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and with Us is more,
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and they shall see Him,
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glorified is He, from above them,
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a clear vision, just as one sees the two celestial bodies.
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This is the "more"
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that has been mentioned in Surah Yunus,
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in the Tafsir of the one who brought the Qur'an,
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and it is the "more" as well.
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Abu Bakr is the Truthful One (al-Siddiq),
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the possessor of certainty,
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to Allah belongs that understanding;
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He grants it to whom
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He deems worthy, from among those who excel in goodness.
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Amidst their life,
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their joy, and their bliss,
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in delight and celebration,
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suddenly there will be a radiant light.
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They will raise their heads toward it,
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and they will see the light of the Lord,
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which is hidden from no human being.
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And there is their Lord, Exalted is He,
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above them, having come to greet them
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with benevolence.
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He will say, "Peace be upon you."
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They will see Him clearly, Exalted is He,
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the Lord, the Possessor of Majesty.
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A caller from the Garden of Eternal Life will signal,
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"O people of the Garden,
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you have a promise from the Most Merciful,
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and He is the One who fulfills it for you with a guarantee."
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They will say, "Have our faces not been whitened?
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Have our deeds not been weighed
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in the balance?
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And have You not admitted us into the Gardens,
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when You saved us from the entrance of the Fire?"
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He will say, "I have a promise with Me,
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the time has come for Me to grant it to you,
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out of My mercy and tenderness."
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Then they will see Him, after the lifting of His veil,
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clearly, as narrated by Muslim with clarity.
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By Allah, were it not for the vision of the Most Merciful
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in the Gardens, there would be no delight
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for those of true knowledge.
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The highest bliss is the vision of His Face,
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and the most severe thing in the punishment
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is His veil, glorified is He, from the inhabitants
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of the Fire.
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When He withdraws from them,
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they return to their pleasures
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of every kind.
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For they have bliss upon seeing Him,
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and how excellent are both matters.
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By Allah, there is nothing in this world
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more delightful than the servant's longing for the Most Merciful.
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And likewise, the vision of His Face,
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glorified is He, is the most perfect
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of all human delights.
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Do you not know that He, glorified is He,
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truly speaks to His party in the Gardens?
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He will say, Majestic is His Majesty,
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"Are you satisfied?"
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They will say, "We are possessors of contentment.
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How could we not be satisfied,
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when You have given us
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what no human has ever attained?"
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"Is there anything beyond this
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that would be better than it?"
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We ask Him, the Bestower of Bounties.
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He will say, "Better than it is My contentment."
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The Most Merciful will remind each of them of what
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had transpired from him in past times,
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from Him to him;
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there is no intermediary.
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That is not a rebuke from the Most Merciful,
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but rather, the one who has attained it recognizes it
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as coming from His grace, forgiveness, and benevolence.
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O Allah, we
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ask You for Paradise,
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such as the highest Firdaws,
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without reckoning or punishment.
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O Allah, Amen.
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And the journey has a remainder;
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it is Paradise.