The People that Inherit Firdaus - Nouman Ali Khan
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ (Al-Balad: 4)
"Human beings were made in toil,
and labor, and difficulty."
Whether you believe in Allah or not,
you will still have challenges in life, yes or no?
Whether you believe in Allah or not,
it's still gonna be tough to make a living.
It's still tough to battle a sickness out, you know...
This life,
it's not like; for believers they got luxury,
and disbelievers get difficulty.
No, Allah made all human beings in struggle.
That's what He said.
If you could go through this struggle with iman,
then you will have the best of this life.
And while you are making the best of this life,
you'll be making the best of the next life too.
You'll get a kind of peace nobody else enjoys.
You're sick and the disbeliever is sick,
but in your sickness, you still find peace,
and they find no peace.
You're in financial trouble,
they're in financial trouble.
Exactly the same kind of trouble,
exactly the same kind of hunger,
but your heart is still at ease.
Allah is still giving you tranquility,
Allah is still rewarding you,
Allah is still protecting you, and they're miserable.
You made this life worse for yourself too,
and on top of that, you miss out on the next life.
خَسِرَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةَ (Al-Haj: 11)
This is why we ask Allah,
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً (Al-Baqarah: 201)
The qualification of "Hasanah" means,
when you asked Allah for good things in this life,
it means good on the outside and good on the inside.
Good as in beautiful, tasty,
enjoyable, from the outside,
and good for my next life.
Actually good for me in the long run,
building my akhirah at the same time.
This is, رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً (Al-Baqarah: 201)
And therefore, وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً (Al-Baqarah: 201)
And as a result, good in the next life.
Something that's beautiful and good
on the inside as well.
So Allah (عز و جل) says, "He lost this world and the next."
ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِينُ (Al-Haj: 11)
"That is the ultimate lost."
The Quran uses three words for lost.
Allah (عز و جل) uses, خُسْرٍ.
إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسْ (Al-'Asr: 2)
He uses, خَسَارًا,
and He uses, خُسْرًا,
and, خُسْرًا is a "Masdar",
"Shiighatul mubaalaghah".
The worst kind of loss,
the worst imaginable loss.
Of all the kinds of loss Allah talks about,
the worst of all losses is this one.
Somebody who was actually a believer,
and lost their faith when times got tough.
And as a result, they lost this life and the next life,
and they had it all,
Allah had everything laid out for them.
Everything was laid out for them.
Allah (عز و جل) will describe,
الَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْفِرْدَوْسَ (Al-Mu'minuun: 11)
About believers, He says they will inherit paradise.
Strange word,
in many places He says they will enter paradise.
But in suratul Mu'minuun,
He says they will inherit paradise.
Now you know that inheritance
is actually something that it is handed down to you
because your family owned it already.
And that's actually how the Prophet (ﷺ) described it.
There's two explanations of it.
Jannah was actually given to our father,
Adam (عليه السلام),
and so already we're qualified for it.
So we're gonna get it in "Miraath" (legacy),
we're gonna inherit it.
But in another beautiful hadith that I read at it,
when I studying the meaning of "Miraatha" (legacy),
and actually studying firdaus.
Incredible statement of the Prophet (ﷺ).
He says Allah made a house in firdaus
for every human being.
Not just every believer, every human being.
But some people just didn't want to go.
So when believers get there,
there's going to be a lot of empty homes,
and so they're going to inherit those homes.
The house Allah has built for you,
and the house Allah has built for me is already there.
The expectation from Allah for you
to enter the highest place in jannah is already there.
Don't mess it up, don't fall off the edge,
don't lose your faith in Allah.
Just think of these tough times
as just Allah wanting to see
what price you're willing to pay for that house.