Thinking about death

The question put to the people of the Garden

They answer it with a question of their own.

فَيَقُولُ هَلْ رَضِيتُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ وَمَا لَنَا لاَ نَرْضَى يَا رَبِّ وَقَدْ أَعْطَيْتَنَا مَا لَمْ تُعْطِ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ

Fa-yaqūlu hal raḍītum. Fa-yaqūlūna wa mā lanā lā narḍā yā rabbi wa qad aʿṭaytanā mā lam tuʿṭi aḥadan min khalqik

“He says: are you pleased? They say: and why would we not be pleased, our Lord, when You have given us what You have given no one else of Your creation.”

Where this comes from

He calls out to them and they answer at Your service, our Lord, and all good is in Your hands. Then the question. Then He tells them He will give them something better than all of it: He will send His pleasure down on them and never be angry with them after it.

The full narration

Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah will say to the people of Paradise, "O the people of Paradise!" They will say, 'Labbaik, O our Lord, and Sa`daik, and all the good is in Your Hands!' Allah will say, "Are you satisfied?' They will say, 'Why shouldn't we be satisfied, O our Lord as You have given us what You have not given to any of Your created beings?' He will say, 'Shall I not give you something better than that?' They will say, 'O our Lord! What else could be better than that?' He will say, 'I bestow My Pleasure on you and will never be angry with you after that

Source

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 7518

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  • Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)
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