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The Supreme Success
Allah ﷻ says
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Truly, this is the supreme success!
لِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ ٱلْعَٰمِلُونَ
For the like of this let the workers work
[37:60-61]
Ibn Jarir رحمه الله said:
“These are the Words of Allah, and it means: for the like of this pleasure and this success, let the workers work in this world, so that they may attain it in the Hereafter.
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Allah ﷻ also say in a similar Ayah
وَفِی ذَ ٰلِكَ فَلۡیَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ
And for that, let the aspirers aspire.
[83:26]
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Attain what in the hereafter?
Allah ﷻ mentions in the Ayaat beforehand about the person gazing down into Hell at his friend in it, and saying to Allah ﷻ
وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ
Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I would certainly have been among those brought forth (to Hell).
[37:57]
Means, `Were it not for the favor of my Lord towards me, I would have been like you in the middle of Hell where you are, brought forth with you for punishment. But He bestowed His grace upon me, had mercy upon me and guided me to faith and to belief in Him Alone.’
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When he sees his companion of the Dunya in Hell, he will realise that only by the Mercy of Allah ﷻ and His guidance was he saved from such a fate.
Being saved from Jahannam is a reward of itself.
أَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ ▪️ إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
Are we then not to die (any more) Except our first death, and we shall not be punished
[37:58-59]
This is what the believers will say when they feel joy at what Allah ﷻ Has given them, and they realize that they are to remain in Paradise forever with no punishment and no death to come.
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As Allah ﷻ says
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونٖ
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.
[95:6]
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As Prophet ﷺ mentioned in a Hadith narrated in the two Sahihs,
How Death in the form of a ram will be brought and slaughtered for everyone to see.
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This just tells you the Finality of the Akhirah,
Imagine the joy of those in Jannah,
And the regret of those in Jahannam.
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Where do you want to be when that happens?
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