Paradise or Hellfire — Our Final Home

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Alhamdulillah, praise be to Allah. The Only God worthy of worship.

إِنَّمَا إِلَٰهُكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا

Your god is only Allah , except for whom there is no deity. He has encompassed all things in knowledge.”

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَاءُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ وَاللَّهُ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيدُ
O mankind, you are those in need of Allah , while Allah is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.

May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon His Messenger, and his family, companions and all those who follow them in good till the day of standing.

وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ

And fear Allah and know that Allah is severe in penalty.

Allah placed Adam and his wife, peace be upon them, in paradise.

فَقُلْنَا يَا آدَمُ إِنَّ هَٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَّكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَىٰ

إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعْرَى

وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظْمَأُ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضْحَىٰ

So We said, “O Adam, indeed this is an enemy to you and to your wife. Then let him not remove you from Paradise so you would suffer.

ٰIndeed, it is [promised] for you not to be hungry therein or be naked.

And indeed, you will not be thirsty therein or be hot from the sun.”

But man got removed from that jannah, by disobedience.

But if we turn back to Allah, and follow his religion, we will be in Allah’s eternal jannah.

وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

“And those who believe and do good will be the companions of Paradise. They will be there forever.”

But if we disobey Allah and cross His limits we will be in terrible danger.

وَمَن يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَهُ يُدْخِلْهُ نَارًا خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَلَهُ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger and transgresses His limits — He will put him into the Fire to abide eternally therein, and he will have a humiliating punishment.

Allah said:

يَا عِبَادِي إِنَّكُمْ تُخْطِئُونَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَأَنَا أَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا فَاسْتَغْفِرُونِي أَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ

“O My servants, you make mistakes

by night and by day,

and I (Allah) forgive all sins,

so seek forgiveness of Me

and I shall forgive you.”

(Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2577)

Seek Allah’s forgiveness. He is the Most Forgiving, the Always Merciful.

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Alhamdulillah, who created each thing, and knows each thing.

وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

and He created everything,
and He is Knowing of everything

“Fear Allah Almighty more than anything else, hope in Allah more intensely than you fear him, and love for people what you love for yourself.”

When we read about what Allah has promised for his good servants, our hearts become more eager to do good deeds.

تِلْكَ الْجَنَّةُ الَّتِي نُورِثُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا مَن كَانَ تَقِيًّا
That is the Garden, which We give as inheritance to those of Our servants who were fearing of Allah.

“amid thornless lote trees,

And trees layered.

And shade extended.

And water poured out

and a lot of fruits,

Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,

And [upon] beds raised high.

Indeed, We have produced them [maidens in Paradise] in a [new] creation”

Paradise is a place of bliss. Of joy. Of happiness. Of eating and drinking and enjoyment and company of our loved ones.

لَهُم مَّا يَشَاءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ
They will have whatever they wish therein, and with Us is more.

يُلْهَمُونَ التَّسْبِيحَ وَالْحَمْدَ كَمَا تُلْهَمُونَ النَّفَسَ

“(In Jannah) they will be inspired

to glorify and praise (Allah)

as easily as you breathe.”

(Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2835)

And when we read about hell, we become more eager to stay away from bad deeds.

in scorching heat and boiling water,

And a shade of black smoke,

Neither cool nor graceful.

They were earlier in luxuries,

and used to persist in major sins,

When doing a good deed, think maybe this deed could get you into jannah.
And when doing a bad deed, think maybe this deed could get you into hell, so stay away from it.

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O Allah, give strength to Islam and Muslims. O Allah, humiliate idolatry and idolators. Our Lord give us good in this world, and good in the afterlife, and protect us from the fire.

And our final call is all praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.