The Purity Of Heart -The Eternal Good Life

The worldly ‘good life’ is merely a glimpse of the eternal good life of the hereafter, the joy and pleasure of which is unimaginable. A saint of Allah said, “There are times when I say: if the people of Paradise have anything like this, then how blissful must their lives be!” Another stated, “There are times when the heart bursts in joy (out of the love for Allah).”

After quoting the above, Ibn al-Qayyim (raḥimahullāh) writes, “Glorified is the One who lets His slaves witness His Paradise well before they meet Him, who opens its doors to them in this world of deeds; and who gives them some of its joy, its breeze and its perfume, so that they may seek it and hasten towards it with all their strength.”

“There is an ‘early paradise’ in the world. It is to know Allah, to love Him, find comfort in Him, long to meet Him, fear Him and obey Him. Beneficial knowledge leads one to attain this. Whoever’s knowledge leads him to enter this ‘early paradise’, will enter Paradise in the next world. And whoever does not sniff the fragrance of the ‘worldly paradise’, will not sniff the fragrance of the Paradise of the hereafter.” – Ibn Rajab (raḥimahullāh)

Let us have firm belief in Allah (īmān) and do righteous deeds (ʿamal ṣāliḥ) so that we become from;

ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ ۙ يَقُولُونَ سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ٣٢

“Those whose souls the angels take (in death) while they are good and virtuous. They will say to them, ‘Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise for what you used to do” 

(Surah An Nahl: Ayat 32)

Let us live a life with Allah, so that in our final moments, the angels will come to us and say, “Come out, O good soul that was in a good body! Come out praiseworthy, and receive the good news of serenity, bliss, and a Lord who is Pleased and is not angry” (Ibn Mājah).

Let us live a life with Allah, so that on the Day of Judgement, we will be led to Paradise. With its gates already open, we pray that the angels will welcome us saying,

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ طِبْتُمْ فَادْخُلُوهَا خَٰلِدِينَ

‘Peace be upon you. You have been good so come in, to stay forever.”

May Allah – the Lord of Majesty and Honour – make us of those who relish and delight in His worship in this world, and of those who will be fortunate to gaze at His Magnificent Face in the Eternal Abode of Bliss.