أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
Azaalika khairun nuzulan am shajaratuz Zaqqom
Is Paradise a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqum?
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Paradise & Hell
37:62Ayah 1182
24 ayahs in As-Saaffaat are strongly about Paradise and Hell. This is one of them.
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Is that which is mentioned to them a better hospitality nuzul denotes what is prepared for one who is being received as a guest and so forth or the Zaqqūm tree that is prepared for the inhabitants of the Fire — it is the vilest and most bitter tree of the Tihāma region which God causes to grow in the Fire as will be stated shortly.
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Amongst the inhabitants of Paradise the lowest in rank will be the person whose face Allah would turn away from the Fire towards the Paradise, and make a shady tree appear before him. He would say: O my Lord! direct my steps to this tree so that I (should enjoy) its shade; and the rest of the hadith is like that narrated by Ibn Mas'ud, but he did not mention:" He (Allah) would say: O son of Adam! what will bring an end to your making requests to Me" to the end of the tradition. In it, he added: Allah will remind him: Ask such and such, and when his expectations would be realised, Allah would say: That is for you, and ten times as much. He said that he would then enter his house and his two wives with large and dark eyes would enter after him. They will say: Praise be to Allah, Who has created you for us and us for you. He will say: No one has been given the like of what I have been given.
The Paradise is surrounded by hardships and the Hell-Fire is surrounded by temptations.
"There is not a tree in Paradise except that its tree is of gold."
In Paradise, there is a tree under the shadow of which a rider can travel for a hundred years without covering (the distance) completely. This hadith has also been transmitted on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) is reported to have said: In Paradise, there is a tree under the shadow of which a rider of a fine and swift-footed horse would travel for a hundred years without covering the distance completely. There would be the pleasure of Allah for the inmates of Paradise and He would never be annoyed with them.
He who visits the sick is supposed to remain in the fruit garden of Paradise. It was said: Allah's Messenger, what is this Khurfat-ul-jannah? He said: It is a place abounding in fruits.
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