S 55 Ayat 46 to 62

قوله تعالى:

وَ لِمَنْ خٰافَ مَقٰامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتٰانِ [46]و قوله تعالى: وَ مِنْ دُونِهِمٰا جَنَّتٰانِ [62]

Qur'an 55:46 And for him who fears to stand before his Lord are two gardens. Qur'an 55:62 And besides these two are two (other) gardens.

99-/10342 _1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ:عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ،عَنْ دَاوُدَ الرَّقِّيِّ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ لِمَنْ خٰافَ مَقٰامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتٰانِ .قَالَ:«مَنْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَاهُ،وَ يَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ وَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَعْمَلُهُ مِنْ خَيْرٍ وَ شَرٍّ،فَيَحْجُزُهُ ذَلِكَ عَنِ الْقَبِيحِ مِنَ الْأَعْمَالِ،فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَ نَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَى».

99-/10342 – Muḥammad ibn Ya‘qūb: from Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, from Ibn Maḥbūb, from Dāwūd al-Raqqī, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him), regarding the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: “And for him who fears to stand before his Lord are two gardens” He (peace be upon him) said: “One who knows that Allah sees him, hears what he says, and knows what he does—whether good or evil—and that awareness keeps him from doing vile deeds: such a person is the one who has feared the standing before his Lord and has restrained his soul from (its) desire.”

99-/10343 _2- كِتَابِ(الْجَنَّةِ وَ النَّارِ):أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى،عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْجُعْفِيِّ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: «إِنَّ الْجِنَانَ أَرْبَعٌ،وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ لِمَنْ خٰافَ مَقٰامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتٰانِ ،وَ هُوَ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَهْجُمُ عَلَى شَهْوَةٍ مِنْ شَهَوَاتِ الدُّنْيَا وَ هِيَ مَعْصِيَةٌ،فَيَذْكُرُ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ،فَيَدَعُهَا مِنْ مَخَافَتِهِ، فَهَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِيهِ،فَهَاتَانِ جَنَّتَانِ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ السَّابِقِينَ.

99-/10343 – From the book al-Janna wa al-Nār: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā, from ʿAwf ibn ʿAbdillāh, from Jābir ibn Yazīd al-Juʿfī, from Abū Jaʿfar (peace be upon him), who said:

“Indeed, the gardens are four, and that is the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: ‘And for him who fears to stand before his Lord are two gardens’ This is when a man is confronted with a desire from the desires of the world that involves sin, and he remembers the standing before his Lord, so he abandons it out of fear of Him—then this verse is about him. Thus, these are two gardens for the believers and those foremost (in faith).”

وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: وَ مِنْ دُونِهِمٰا جَنَّتٰانِ ،يَقُولُ:مِنْ دُونِهِمَا فِي الْفَضْلِ،وَ لَيْسَ مِنْ دُونِهِمَا فِي الْقُرْبِ،وَ هُمَا لِأَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ،وَ هِيَ جَنَّةُ النَّعِيمِ وَ جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَى،وَ فِي هَذِهِ الْجِنَانِ الْأَرْبَعِ فَوَاكِهُ فِي الْكَثْرَةِ كَوَرَقِ الشَّجَرِ وَ النُّجُومِ،

99-/10343 – “As for His saying: ‘And besides these two are two (other) gardens’ He says: besides them in terms of excellence, but not besides them in nearness [to Allah]. And they are for the companions of the right hand, and they are the Garden of Bliss and the Garden of Abode. And in these four gardens, the fruits are abundant—like the leaves of trees and the stars [in number].”

وَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْجِنَانِ الْأَرْبَعِ حَائِطٌ مُحِيطٌ بِهَا،طُولُهُ مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ عَامٍ،لَبِنَةٌ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ،وَ لَبِنَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ،وَ لَبِنَةٌ مِنْ دُرٍّ،وَ لَبِنَةٌ مِنْ يَاقُوتٍ،وَ مَلاطُهُ الْمِسْكُ وَ الزَّعْفَرَانُ،وَ شُرَفُهُ نُورٌ يَتَلَأْلَأُ،يَرَى الرَّجُلُ وَجْهَهُ فِي الْحَائِطِ،وَ فِي الْحَائِطِ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَبْوَابٍ،عَلَى كُلِّ بَابٍ مِصْرَاعَانِ،عَرْضُهُمَا كَحُضْرِ [1]الْفَرَسِ الْجَوَادِ سَنَةً».

99-/10343 – “And surrounding these four gardens is a wall encompassing them, its length being the distance of five hundred years' journey. One brick is of silver, another of gold, another of pearl, and another of ruby. Its mortar is musk and saffron. Its parapets are of light that gleams; a person sees his own reflection in the wall. In the wall are eight gates, and on each gate are two leaves, whose width is like the gallop of a noble horse for one year.”

99-/10344 _3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،قَالَ:أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ غَالِبٍ،عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ: وَ مِنْ دُونِهِمٰا جَنَّتٰانِ ، قَالَ:«خَضْرَاوَانِ فِي الدُّنْيَا يَأْكُلُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ مِنْهَا حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ [1]مِنَ الْحِسَابِ».

99-/10344 – ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm said: Aḥmad ibn Idrīs informed us, he said: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad narrated to us, from al-Ḥusayn ibn Ghālib, from ʿUthmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿImrān, who said: I asked Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him) about the saying of Allah, Exalted is His praise: “And besides them are two other gardens” [Surah al-Raḥmān 55:62], and he said: “They are two green (lush) gardens in this world, from which the believers will eat until the reckoning is completed.”

_1) -الكافي 2:10/57.

_2) -الإختصاص:356.

_3) -تفسير القمّيّ 2:345.

[1] الحضر بالضم:العدو.«النهاية 1:398».

[1] al-ḥaḍar (with ḍammah): the enemy. Reference: al-Nihāyah fī Gharīb al-Ḥadīth 1:398

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99-/10345 _4- الطَّبْرِسِيُّ:رَوَى الْعَيَّاشِيُّ بِالْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ:

جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ،أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الرَّجُلِ الْمُؤْمِنِ،لَهُ امْرَأَةٌ مُؤْمِنَةٌ،يَدْخُلاَنِ الْجَنَّةَ،يَتَزَوَّجُ أَحَدُهُمَا الْآخَرَ؟فَقَالَ:«يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ،إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَكَمٌ عَدْلٌ،إِذَا كَانَ هُوَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهَا خَيَّرَهُ،فَإِنْ اخْتَارَهَا كَانَتْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِهِ،وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ هِيَ خَيْراً مِنْهُ خَيَّرَهَا،فَإِنْ اخْتَارَتْهُ كَانَ زَوْجاً لَهَا».

99-/10345 – al-Ṭabrisī: al-ʿAyyāshī narrated with his chain from Abū Baṣīr, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him), who said:

I said to him, “May I be your ransom, inform me about a believing man who has a believing wife, and they both enter Paradise — will one of them marry the other?”

He said: “O Abā Muḥammad, indeed Allah is Wise and Just. If he is better than her, he will be given the choice; if he chooses her, she will be among his spouses. And if she is better than him, she will be given the choice; if she chooses him, he will be her husband.”

قَالَ:وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«لاَ تَقُولَنَّ جَنَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ،إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ: وَ مِنْ دُونِهِمٰا جَنَّتٰانِ ،وَ لاَ تَقُولَنَّ دَرَجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ،إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ:(دَرَجَاتٌ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ)إِنَّمَا تَفَاضَلَ الْقَوْمُ بِالْأَعْمَالِ».

99-/10345 – He (the narrator) said: Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him) also said:

“Do not say there is only one Paradise, for indeed Allah says: ‘And besides these two, there are two (other) gardens’ [al-Raḥmān 55:62]. And do not say there is only one rank (in Paradise), for indeed Allah the Exalted says: ‘They are (of) degrees, some above others’ [Āl ʿImrān 3:163]. Surely, the people have attained superiority over one another by their deeds.”

قَالَ:وَ قُلْتُ لَهُ:إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَدْخُلاَنِ الْجَنَّةَ،فَيَكُونُ أَحَدُهُمَا أَرْفَعَ مَكَاناً مِنَ الْآخَرِ،فَيَشْتَهِي أَنْ يَلْقَى صَاحِبَهُ؟قَالَ:«مَنْ كَانَ فَوْقَهُ فَلَهُ أَنْ يَهْبِطَ،وَ مَنْ كَانَ تَحْتَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ أَنْ يُصْعِدَ،لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانَ،وَ لَكِنَّهُمْ إِذَا أَحَبُّوا ذَلِكَ وَ اشْتَهَوْهُ الْتَقَوْا عَلَى الْأَسِرَّةِ».

99-/10345 – I said to him: Indeed the believers both enter Paradise, and one of them may be in a higher place than the other — would he then desire to meet his companion?

He said: “The one who is above has the right to descend, but the one who is below does not have the right to ascend, because he did not reach that station. However, if they love and desire to meet, they will meet together upon couches.”

99-/10346 _5- وَ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ سَيَابَةَ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،[قَالَ]: قُلْتُ لَهُ:إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَتَعَجَّبُونَ مِنَّا إِذَا قُلْنَا:

يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ مِنَ النَّارِ فَيَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ،فَيَقُولُونَ لَنَا:فَيَكُونُونَ مَعَ أَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ؟فَقَالَ:«يَا عَلاَءُ،إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: وَ مِنْ دُونِهِمٰا جَنَّتٰانِ ،لاَ وَ اللَّهِ لاَ يَكُونُونَ مَعَ أَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ».

قُلْتُ:كَانُوا كَافِرِينَ؟قَالَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«لاَ وَ اللَّهِ،لَوْ كَانُوا كَافِرِينَ مَا دَخَلُوا الْجَنَّةَ».

قُلْتُ:كَانُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ؟قَالَ:«لاَ وَ اللَّهِ،لَوْ كَانُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ مَا دَخَلُوا النَّارَ،وَ لَكِنْ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ».

99-/10346 – From Al-‘Alaa’ ibn Sayabah, from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him), [he said]: I said to him: People are astonished by us when we say: “A group will come out of the Fire and enter Paradise.” They say to us: “Will they then be with the friends of Allah in Paradise?”

He replied: “O ‘Alaa’, indeed Allah the Exalted says: ‘And besides them are two gardens’ [Qur’an 55:62]. No, by Allah, they will not be with the friends of Allah.”

I said: Were they disbelievers?

He (peace be upon him) said: “No, by Allah. If they were disbelievers, they would not enter Paradise.”

I said: Were they believers?

He (peace be upon him) said: “No, by Allah. If they were believers, they would not have entered the Fire. Rather, they were between that.”

99-/10347 _6- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ:بِإِسْنَادِهِ،عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ جَدِّهِ(عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: «قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ(رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا)لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ):بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي،الْمَرْأَةُ يَكُونُ لَهَا زَوْجَانِ فَيَمُوتُونَ،وَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ،لِأَيِّهِمَا تَكُونُ؟فَقَالَ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ):«يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ،تَخَيَّرُ أَيَّهُمَا أَحْسَنُ [2]خُلُقاً،وَ خَيْرَهُمَا لِأَهْلِهِ.يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ،إِنَّ حُسْنَ الْخُلُقِ ذَهَبَ بِخَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ».

99-/10347 – Ibn Babawayh, through his chain of transmission, from Musa ibn Ibrahim, from Abu al-Hasan Musa ibn Ja‘far, from his father, from his grandfather (peace be upon them), said:

Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): “May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! A woman may have had two husbands, and they both die and enter Paradise—so to which of them will she belong?”

He (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: “O Umm Salama, she will choose the one who had the best character and was the best to his family. O Umm Salama, indeed good character has taken the best of this world and the Hereafter.”