وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ
Wa law laa ni'matu Rabbee lakuntu minal muhdareen
If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell].
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37:57Ayah 1182
24 ayahs in As-Saaffaat are strongly about Paradise and Hell. This is one of them.
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And had it not been for the favour of my Lord His grace to me in giving me faith I too would have been of those arraigned’ with you in the Fire. The inhabitants of Paradise will say
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If you were not (to abandon) the burying of the dead (in the grave), I would have certainly supplicated Allah that He should make you listen the torment of the grave.
“Some
people will be brought forth from Hell by my intercession, who
will
be called Al-Jahannamiyyin (those who came out of Hell).”
If it were not of sadaqa I would have eaten it.
I heard Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: None of you would get into Paradise because of his good deeds alone, and he would not be rescued from Fire, not even I, but because of the Mercy of Allah.
Messenger of Allah, have you benefited Abu Talib in any way for he defended you and was fervent in your defence? The Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) said: Yes; he would be in the most shallow part of the Fire and were not for me, he would have been in the bottom-most depth of Hell.
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