uSketch 1436-01-22 18-01-27In a hadith related by Al-Mu’aafah ibn ‘Imraan, the Messenger of Allah, said, “Verily, in Paradise there is a tree that is called Tooba If a good rider were made to travel in its shade, he would travel in it for one hundred years. Its leaves are green emeralds and its flowers… are yellow. Its courtyard is fine and thick silk. Its fruits are robes. Its secretion is ginger and honey. Its valley is red rubies and green emeralds. Its soil is musk, and its grass is saffron, which exudes fragrance without needing to be ignited. Rivers of Salsabeel gush forth from its source, as well as wine. Its shade is a gathering place from the gathering places of the dwellers of Paradise. They will be acquainted with it, and all of them will talk in it (Underneath it’s shade).

“One day, while they will be talking in its shade, angels, riding superior mounts of rubies, will come to them. Ar-Rooh (a soul) will be blown into those mounts. They will be drawn tight by chains of gold, and their faces (i.e. faces of those mounts) are lamps (lit). Upon them are saddles whose Alwaah (literally, plates) are made of pearls and rubies, which are lobed by pearls and corals, the covers of which are of red gold…The Angles will kneel those mounts down before them and say to them, ‘Verily, your Lord sends peace to you and wishes to visit you, so that He looks at you, and you look at Him; so that you love Him, and He endows you with life (possibly akin to vigor); so that you speak to Him and He increases you in comfort and in His Favors. Verily, He is the Possessor of Vast Mercy and Tremendous Favors.’

Each man from them will go to his mount, and then they will go in one, even ,row…. They will not pass any tree from the trees of Paradise except that it will confer its fruits upon them. Those trees will move out of their way, hating to spoil their row or to divide between a man and his companion. When they will be raised to the All-Mighty, He will reveal to them His Noble Countenance and He will appear to them with the Glory (and Majesty) of the All-Mighty. And they will say, ‘O our Lord, You are As-Salaam (the One Who is free from all defects and deficiencies), and from You is all peace (you are the source of All peace felt in creation). You have the right of all Majesty and Honor.’

Their Lord ‘Azza WaJall (To Him belongs Might and Majesty) will say to them, ‘I am As-Salaam (peace) and from me is all peace, and I have the right of all Majesty and Honor. Welcome to My slaves who preserved My commands, who attended to My right (over them), who feared Me in the unseen (ghayb, of the universe). They would fear Me in every situation.’ They will say, ‘By Your Glory, and the Highness of Your Place, we have not estimated You (perceived your measure) with a true estimation. And we have not fulfilled all of Your rights (due your measure), so give us permission to perform prostration to You.’

[Allah created this Universe with a balance and measure, so everything has it’s estimated worth based on it’s ability to draw near to Allah, Mankind having the highest worth because they can know him the most while stones and dead things have the least because they are incapable of knowing him like us. In this scale Allah gave creation we still have not given Allah his proper measure because we still only know little of Him.]

Their Lord will say to them, ‘I have removed from you the provision (need) of worship (in order to know Him), and I have made your bodies to rest. Long it is that you have tired your bodies for Me and now you have come to My Mercy and Generosity, so ask me whatever you please and hope from Me: I will give you all of your wishes, for I will not reward you today in proportion to your deeds, but rather in proportion to My Mercy, My Generosity My Exaltedness, My High Place, and the Greatness of My Affair.’ They will continue to wish and to be given until the one who has more limited wishes hopes for the likeness of the world from the time Allah created it until the day of its annihilation. Allah ‘Azza Wa-Jall (To Him belongs Might and Majesty) will say to them, ‘You have fallen short in your wishes, and you have become pleased with less than what you deserve. I have made obligatory for you that which you asked and wished for, and I have made your progeny to catch up with you. And before you is that which your wishes have fallen short of.'” (Related by Abu Na’eem, In Imam Ibn Kathir’s al Bidya wal Nihaya 729).