Paradise contains every delight that can be enjoyed without anything to mar it, whether familiar to them or unknown. As Allah Most High says:
“No soul knows what delights of the eyes are kept hidden for them.”
[al-Sajdah: 17]
He also says:
“Therein is whatever souls desire and eyes delight in.”
[al-Zukhruf: 71]
In an authentic report, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
“Allah Most High says: ‘I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has ever imagined. Set aside what you have already been made aware of.’ Then he recited the verse: ‘No soul knows what delights of the eyes are kept hidden for them.’ [al-Sajdah: 17]”
Some of its delights have counterparts familiar to those being addressed, so that mentioning them arouses their longing; others have no familiar counterparts. Allah Most High therefore told them about those that have counterparts, thereby arousing their longing and eagerness to do what they have been commanded. Then, when they do what they have been commanded, they thereby attain what they had never imagined, as the Quran and Sunnah have stated.
The delight of seeing Allah is the greatest of all delights, and its cause—love for Allah and His Messenger—is present in the heart of every believer. Yet outwardly apparent love and desires, and people's awareness that these things are desired and sought after and that love for them