In short, he perceives no true life except by Allah and with Him, whereas without Him he sees only death, pain, anxiety, grief, and sorrow. Such a person enjoys two gardens: one hastened for him in this world and another on the Day of Resurrection.

Benefit
Inābah (turning back to Allah) is the heart’s retreat to Allah, just as the body retreats to the mosque in iʿtikāf and does not leave it.
Its essence is for the heart to dwell upon His love and remember Him with reverence and exaltation, while the limbs remain devoted to His obedience through sincerity to Him and conformity to His Messenger.
Whoever does not cause his heart to dwell solely with Allah will let it dwell upon various idols, as the Imam of the monotheists said to his people: “What are these statues to which you are so devoted?” (Q 21:52).
Thus he and his people divided the reality of devotion: their share was devotion to statues, while his share was devotion to the Majestic Lord. The word “statues” (tamāthīl) is the plural of timthāl, meaning sculpted images.
When the heart attaches itself to something other than Allah, busies itself with it, and relies upon it, that attachment is the heart’s iʿtikāf upon the idols that have arisen within it, parallel to the outward iʿtikāf upon carved idols. For this very reason, the polytheism of idol-worshippers lay in the devotion of their hearts, ambitions, and intentions to their images.
If, then, the heart contains idols that dominate and enslave it so that it becomes devoted to them, this mirrors the devotion of idol-worshippers to their statues; and for that reason the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—called it