ajmal_ihsaas22
Striving For Jannah
I have been given permission to relate to you about the Angels of Allaah – the Most High – that carry the ’Arsh (Throne). Between one of the Angels’ ear and shoulder is the distance of a seven hundred year journey."
Indeed, we may begin to appreciate the greatness of Allaah – the Most High’s – and being in awe of Him, by considering some narrations regarding what He – the Most High – has created:
The Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said, “Indeed I see what you do not see and hear what you do not hear. Heaven has groaned, and it has a right to do so. By Him in whose Hand is my soul! There is not in the heaven a space equivalent to four fingers, except that an Angel has prostrated his forehead to Allaah in it. If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep a lot, and you would not take delight in women in their beds, but rather you would go to the wilderness and implore Allaah for help.”
He (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said:
“The Seven Heavens compared to the Kursee (the Chair) is like a ring which is thrown into the desert. And such is the magnitude of the ’Arsh (the Throne of Allaah) compared with the Kursee.”
He (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) also said:
“I have been given permission to relate to you about the Angels of Allaah – the Most High – that carry the ’Arsh (Throne). Between one of the Angels’ ear and shoulder is the distance of a seven hundred year journey.” [6]
And he (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) also said:
“Al-Baytul-Ma‘moor is the seventh heaven (directly above the Ka’bah). Each day seventy-thousand Angels enter it, and they will not return until the Day of Resurrection.”
“The need of the servants for this (type of) knowledge is greater than every other need; and it is the most necessary of all things for them, since there is no life for the hearts, nor any delight, nor any tranquility, except through knowing their Lord, the Only One who deserves to be worshipped, their Creator – with His Names, His Attributes and His Actions, and that He – along with all of that – is more beloved to the person than anything else. So man’s striving is with regards to everything that will draw him nearer to Allaah, to the exclusion of the creation...So the people who know Allaah the best, are the ones who best follow the way to Him, and know best what lies at the end of the way.”
Indeed, we may begin to appreciate the greatness of Allaah – the Most High’s – and being in awe of Him, by considering some narrations regarding what He – the Most High – has created:
The Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said, “Indeed I see what you do not see and hear what you do not hear. Heaven has groaned, and it has a right to do so. By Him in whose Hand is my soul! There is not in the heaven a space equivalent to four fingers, except that an Angel has prostrated his forehead to Allaah in it. If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep a lot, and you would not take delight in women in their beds, but rather you would go to the wilderness and implore Allaah for help.”
He (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said:
“The Seven Heavens compared to the Kursee (the Chair) is like a ring which is thrown into the desert. And such is the magnitude of the ’Arsh (the Throne of Allaah) compared with the Kursee.”
He (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) also said:
“I have been given permission to relate to you about the Angels of Allaah – the Most High – that carry the ’Arsh (Throne). Between one of the Angels’ ear and shoulder is the distance of a seven hundred year journey.” [6]
And he (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) also said:
“Al-Baytul-Ma‘moor is the seventh heaven (directly above the Ka’bah). Each day seventy-thousand Angels enter it, and they will not return until the Day of Resurrection.”
“The need of the servants for this (type of) knowledge is greater than every other need; and it is the most necessary of all things for them, since there is no life for the hearts, nor any delight, nor any tranquility, except through knowing their Lord, the Only One who deserves to be worshipped, their Creator – with His Names, His Attributes and His Actions, and that He – along with all of that – is more beloved to the person than anything else. So man’s striving is with regards to everything that will draw him nearer to Allaah, to the exclusion of the creation...So the people who know Allaah the best, are the ones who best follow the way to Him, and know best what lies at the end of the way.”