As much as we may try to imagine what paradise looks like, we simply can’t. When Allah SWT created the human mind, He made it with the limitation that it cannot imagine the reward that Allah SWT has prepared for His righteous servants. Have a look at this hadith:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Allah said: I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen and no ear has heard, not has it occurred to a human heart. Thus recite if you wish (1): And no soul knows what joy for them (the inhabitants of Paradise) has been kept hidden (Quran Chapter 32 Verse 17). (1) The words “Thus recite if you wish” are those of Abu Hurayrah. It was related by al-Bukhari, Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.
The verse of the Quran mentioned in this hadith is this one in Surat As-Sajdah
(32:16) Their sides forsake their beds, and they call upon their Lord in fear and hope,27 and expend (in charity) out of the sustenance We have granted them.28
So these are the things Allah SWT mentions when He is talking about the people who are going to get this incredible reward, they are the ones who leave their comfortable beds in order to worship Allah SWT, they call upon Allah SWT with fear and hope, and they spend in charity for the sake of Allah SWT. Now you might struggle to wake up at 2 am to pray after a hard day’s work, but making dua is something we can all do, and giving for the sake of Allah SWT is also something we can all do. With the technology we all have access to now, you can click to donate in under 30 seconds.
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So you can take the action just once, and get the rewards every single month in sha Allah.
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Why are the delights of paradise kept hidden?
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As much as we may try to imagine what paradise looks like, we simply can’t. When Allah SWT created the human mind, He made it with the limitation that it cannot imagine the reward that Allah SWT has prepared for His righteous servants. Have a look at this hadith:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Allah said: I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen and no ear has heard, not has it occurred to a human heart. Thus recite if you wish (1): And no soul knows what joy for them (the inhabitants of Paradise) has been kept hidden (Quran Chapter 32 Verse 17). (1) The words “Thus recite if you wish” are those of Abu Hurayrah. It was related by al-Bukhari, Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.
The verse of the Quran mentioned in this hadith is this one in Surat As-Sajdah
فَلَا تَعۡلَمُ نَفۡسٌ مَّاۤ اُخۡفِىَ لَهُمۡ مِّنۡ قُرَّةِ اَعۡيُنٍۚ جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوۡا يَعۡمَلُوۡنَ
(32:17) No one knows what delights of the eyes are kept hidden for them as a reward for their deeds. Click here for beautiful rewards!
So how can we be one of these people who will get this unimaginable reward? Well, the verse just before this one says this:
تَتَجَافٰى جُنُوۡبُهُمۡ عَنِ الۡمَضَاجِعِ يَدۡعُوۡنَ رَبَّهُمۡ خَوۡفًا وَّطَمَعًا وَّمِمَّا رَزَقۡنٰهُمۡ يُنۡفِقُوۡنَ
(32:16) Their sides forsake their beds, and they call upon their Lord in fear and hope,27 and expend (in charity) out of the sustenance We have granted them.28
So these are the things Allah SWT mentions when He is talking about the people who are going to get this incredible reward, they are the ones who leave their comfortable beds in order to worship Allah SWT, they call upon Allah SWT with fear and hope, and they spend in charity for the sake of Allah SWT. Now you might struggle to wake up at 2 am to pray after a hard day’s work, but making dua is something we can all do, and giving for the sake of Allah SWT is also something we can all do. With the technology we all have access to now, you can click to donate in under 30 seconds.
MATW Project has also recently launched something brand new, and it’s called “MY MATW”. It’s a way for all of us to be able to do for ourselves exactly what Ali Banat did for himself. He worked to get himself ready to meet Allah SWT, and he spent his last years on this earth doing anything he could to get rewards from Allah SWT. MY MATW allows you to choose a project, and make your donation a re-occurring donation every week, or fortnight, or month.
So you can take the action just once, and get the rewards every single month in sha Allah.
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Ahmed Bassal
MATW INTERNATIONAL LTD with ABN 60610666325 is a Charity and Public Benevolence Institution (PBI) dedicated to assisting the needy in Australia and abroad