لَا يَسْتَوِىٓ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۚ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ هُمُ ٱلْفَآئِزُونَ
Laa yastaweee as-haabun naari wa ashaabul jannah; as haabul jannati humul faaa'izoon
Not equal are the companions of the Fire and the companions of Paradise. The companions of Paradise - they are the attainers [of success].
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59:20Ayah 124
3 ayahs in Al-Hashr are strongly about Paradise and Hell. This is one of them.
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Not equal are the inhabitants of the Fire and the inhabitants of Paradise. It is the inhabitants of Paradise who are the winners.
Related Hadiths
The believers who failed to join the Ghazwa of Badr and those who took part in it are not equal (in
reward).
"Paradise is surrounded by hardships, and the Fire is surrounded by desires."
"I have not seen the likes of the Fire in which the one who runs from it sleeps, nor the likes of Paradise in which the one who seeks it sleeps."
"Two will never be gathered together in the Fire: A Muslim who killed a disbeliever then tried his best and did not deviate. And two will never be gathered together in the lungs of a believer: Dust in the cause of Allah, and the odor of Hell. And two will never be gathered in the heart of a salve: Faith and envy."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The example of a good companion (who sits with you) in comparison with a
bad one, is like that of the musk seller and the blacksmith's bellows (or furnace); from the first you
would either buy musk or enjoy its good smell while the bellows would either burn your clothes or
your house, or you get a bad nasty smell thereof."
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