Al-Bidayah wa an-NihayahIbn Kathir

Enumerating the abodes of Paradise, its height, and its breadth

Allah, the Exalted, says:
“For those who feared standing before their Lord there are two gardens (46); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (47) Both of them are filled with luxuriant branches (48); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (49) In each of them are two flowing springs (50); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (51) In each of them is every fruit in pairs (52); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (53) They recline there upon couches whose linings are of brocade, while the harvest of the two gardens hangs low and near (54); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (55) In them are maidens of restrained gaze, untouched before them by any human or jinn (56); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (57) They are like rubies and coral (58); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (59) Is the recompense of goodness anything but goodness? (60); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (61) And beneath these two are still another two gardens (62); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (63) dark-green and luxuriant (64); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (65) In them are two gushing springs (66); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (67) In them are fruit, date-palms, and pomegranates (68); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (69) In them are good and beautiful women (70); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (71) ḥūr secluded in pavilions (72); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (73) Untouched before them by any human or jinn (74); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (75) Reclining on green cushions and exquisite carpets (76); so which of your Lord’s favors will you two deny? (77) Blessed is the Name of your Lord, Possessor of Majesty and Honour. (78)” ⦗al-Raḥmān: 46–78⦘

It is authentically established in the two Ṣaḥīḥs, in the narration of ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd al-Ṣamad, from Abū ʿImrān al-Jawni, from Abū Bakr ibn Abī Mūsā al-Ashʿarī, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Two gardens of gold—whose vessels and everything in them are of gold—and two gardens of silver—whose vessels and everything in them are of silver. The only veil between the people and their looking at their Lord (Mighty and Majestic) is the mantle of kibriyāʾ (Majesty) over His Face in the Garden of ʿAdn.” ⦗1⦘

Al-Bayhaqī transmitted, through Muʾammal ibn Ismāʿīl, from Ḥammād ibn Salamah, from Thābit, from Abū Bakr ibn Abī Mūsā, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Two gardens of gold are for the sābiqūn (the foremost), and two gardens of silver for the aṣḥāb al-yamīn (the people of the right).” ⦗2⦘

Al-Bukhārī said: Qutaybah narrated to us; Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us [from Ḥumayd], from Anas ibn Mālik: The mother of Ḥārithah came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after Ḥārithah had been killed on the Day of Badr, struck by a stray arrow ⦗3⦘. She said, “O Messenger of Allah, you know how dear Ḥārithah was to my heart. If he is in Paradise I shall not weep for him, but if not you will see what I will do.” He replied, “Have you lost your senses? Is it a single garden? Nay, there are many gardens, and he is in the highest Firdaws.” He also said, “A morning ⦗4⦘ or an evening spent in the path of Allah is better than the whole world and all it contains, and the space of a bow-length of one of you, or the place where his foot would rest…”

(1) Reported by al-Bukhari (no. 4878) and Muslim (180). (2) Recorded by al-Bayhaqi in al-Baʿth wa’l-Nushur (242); its isnad is weak, containing Muʾmil ibn Ismaʿil, who is reliable (saduq) but has poor memory. (3) I.e., “the one who shot him is not known.” (4) In the (A) reading: ghazwa (raid).
ذكر تعداد محالّ الجنة وارتفاعها واتّساعها قال الله تعالى: ﴿وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ (٤٦) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٤٧) ذَوَاتَا أَفْنَانٍ (٤٨) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٤٩) فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ (٥٠) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٥١) فِيهِمَا مِنْ كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ (٥٢) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٥٣) مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَى فُرُشٍ بَطَائِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ وَجَنَى الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ (٥٤) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٥٥) فِيهِنَّ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ (٥٦) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٥٧) كَأَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ (٥٨) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٥٩) هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ (٦٠) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٦١) وَمِنْ دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ (٦٢) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٦٣) مُدْهَامَّتَانِ (٦٤) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٦٥) فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ (٦٦) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٦٧) فِيهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ (٦٨) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٦٩) فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَاتٌ حِسَانٌ (٧٠) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٧١) حُورٌ مَقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِ (٧٢) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٧٣) لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ (٧٤) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٧٥) مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَى رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٍ (٧٦) فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٧٧) تَبَارَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ﴾ [الرحمن: ٤٦ - ٧٨] . وَثَبتَ في " الصحيحين " منْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْعَزيزِ بنِ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ، عن أبي عِمْرَان الجَوْنيّ، عن أبي بَكْرِ بنِ أبي مُوسى الأشْعَريّ، عن أبيه: أنَّ رسولَ الله ﷺ قال: " جَنَّتَانِ منْ ذَهَبٍ آنِيَتُهُمَا، ومَا فِيهمَا، وَجَنَّتَانِ منْ فِضة آنِيَتُهُمَا، ومَا فيهما، وما بَيْن الْقَوْمِ، وَبَيْنَ أنْ يَنْظُرُوا إلى ربِّهِمْ (عز وجل) إلَّا رِدَاءُ الْكِبْرياءِ على وَجْهِهِ في جَنَّةِ عَدْنٍ " (١) . وروى البَيْهقيُّ من حديث مؤمَّلِ بن إسماعيلَ، عنْ حَمَّادِ بنِ سَلَمةَ، عن ثابتٍ، عن أبي بَكْر بن أبي موسى، عن أبيه: أنَّ رسولَ الله ﷺ قال: " جَنَتانِ منْ ذَهَبٍ للسَّابِقِينَ، وَجَنَّتانِ منْ وَرِقٍ لأصْحَابِ اليَمِين " (٢) . وقال البُخاريّ: حدّثنا قُتَيْبةُ، حدَّثنا إسماعيلُ بنُ جَعْفرٍ، [عن حميد] ، عن أنس بن مالك: أنَّ أُمِّ حارثة، أتَتْ رسولَ الله ﷺ ، وَقَدْ هَلَكَ حَارِثَةُ يَوْمِ بَدْرِ، أصَابَهُ سَهْمٌ غَرْبٌ (٣) ، فقالت: يا رسول الله، قدْ عَلِمْتَ موقع حَارِثَةَ مِنْ قَلْبي، فإنْ كان في الجَنَّةِ لَمْ أبْكِ عليه، وإلَّا سَوْفَ تَرَى ما أصْنَعُ، فقال لها: "أهَبِلْتِ؟ أجَنَّةٌ وَاحِدةٌ هي؟! أم جَنَّات كثيرة، وَإنّه في الْفِرْدَوْسِ الأعْلَى" ، وَقالَ: "غُدْوةٌ (٤) في سَبِيلِ اللّهِ أوْ رَوْحةٌ خَيْر منَ الدُّنْيا وما فيها، وَلَقابُ قَوْسِ أحَدِكُمْ أوْ مَوْضعُ قَدَمٍ
(١) رواه البخاري رقم (٤٨٧٨) ومسلم (١٨٠). (٢) رواه البيهقي في "البعث والنشور" (٢٤٢) وإسناده ضعيف، فيه مؤمل بن إسماعيل: صدوق سيِّئ الحفظ. (٣) أي لا يعرف راميه. (٤) في (آ): غزوة.

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