Rewards for Righteousness (4/5)

15. No fear of harm, nor grieve and no darkness nor shame shall cover their faces

“Those who believe (in the Qur’an) and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians, -  any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Rabb (only God and Sustainer) on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.” (Qur’an, Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:62)

“Those who believe and do deeds of righteousness and establish regular prayers and regular charity will have their reward with their Rabb (Cherisher and Sustainer): on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve.” (Qur’an, Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:277)

“But he who works deeds of righteousness and has faith will have no fear of harm nor of any curtailment [of what is his due].”   (Qur’an, Surah Ta-Ha, 20: 112)

“But Allah does call to the Home of Peace. He does guide whom He pleases to a Way that is straight. To those who do right is a goodly (reward) - Yea, more (than in measure)! No darkness nor shame shall cover their faces!  They are Companions of the Garden; they will abide therein (for aye)!”  (Qur’an, Surah Yunus, 10:25-26)

16.  Salvation from the penalty of the blazing hell-fire

“But any that (in this life) had repented believed and worked righteousness will have hopes to be among those who achieve salvation.” (Qur’an, Surah Al-Qasas, 28:67)

“But Allah will deliver the righteous to their place of salvation: no evil shall touch them nor shall they grieve.”    (Qur’an, Surah Az-Zumar, 39:61)

 “As to the Righteous they will be in Gardens and in Happiness: enjoying the (Bliss) which their Rabb (Cherisher and Sustainer) has bestowed on them and their Rabb (Cherisher and Sustainer) shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire. (To them will be said :) ‘Eat and drink with profit and health because of your (good) deeds.’”   (Qur’an, Surah At-Tur, 52:17-19)

17. Will not taste death except the first death

“As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security among Gardens and Springs; dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade they will face each other. So and We shall join them to Companions with beautiful big and lustrous eyes. There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security; nor will they there taste Death except the first Death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire as a Bounty from your Rabb (Cherisher and Sustainer)! That will be the supreme achievement!”  (Qur’an, Surah Ad-Dukhan, 44:51-57)

‘Abdullah ibn Umar narrated that Allah’s Messenger said, “When the people of Paradise have entered Paradise and the people of the Fire have entered the Fire, death will be brought and will be placed between the Fire and Paradise, and then it will be slaughtered, and a call will be made (that), 'O people of Paradise, no more death! O people of the Fire, no more death!’  So the people of Paradise will have happiness added to their previous happiness, and the people of the Fire will have sorrow added to their previous sorrow.”  (Reported by Bukhari 8/ 556)

18. Everlasting health, beauty (radiant faces) and youthful age

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet said, “The first batch (of people) who will enter Paradise will be (glittering) like the full moon, and the batch next to them will be (glittering) like the most brilliant star in the sky. Their hearts will be as if the heart of a single man, for they will have neither enmity nor jealousy amongst themselves; everyone will have two wives from the houris, (who will be so beautiful, pure and transparent that) the marrow of the bones of their legs will be seen through the bones and the flesh.”   (Reported by Bukhari 4/476) 

Abu Sa’id Al Khudri and Abu Hurairah narrated that Allah’s Messenger said, “There would be an announcer (in Paradise) who would make this announcement: ‘Verily! There is in store for you (everlasting) health and that you should never fall ill and that you live (forever) and do not die at all. And that,  you would remain young and never grow old.  And that you would always live in affluent circumstances and never become destitute, as words of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, are: And it would be announced to them: ‘This is the Paradise. You have been made to inherit it for what you used to do.’”  (Reported by Muslim 6803) 

Abu Hurairah narrated that Allah's Messenger said, “He who would get into Paradise (would be made to enjoy such an everlasting) bliss that he would neither become destitute, nor would his clothes wear out, nor his youth would decline.” (Reported by Muslim 6802)

‘Abdullah ibn Umar narrated that Allah's Messenger said, “The lowest in station among the inhabitants of Paradise will be he who looks at his gardens, his wives, his bliss, his servants, and his couches stretching a thousand years' journey, and the one who will be most honored by Allah will be he who looks at His face morning and evening.” He then recited, “Faces on that day will be bright, looking at their Rabb (only God and Sustainer).” (Reported by Tirmidhi 5657 and Ahmad)

19. Perpetual joy

“The parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised! Beneath it flow rivers: perpetual is the enjoyment thereof and the shade therein: such is the End of the Righteous; and the End of Unbelievers is the Fire.”  (Qur’an, Surah Ar-Ra'd, 13:35)

20.  Enjoy luxurious life

“Then those who have believed and worked righteous deeds shall be honored and made to enjoy luxurious life in a Garden of Delight.”  (Qur’an, Surah Ar-Rum, 30:15)

21.  Peace, security and harmony without any sense of enmity nor jealousy

“The righteous will be amid Gardens and fountains of clear-flowing water. (Their greeting will be): ‘Enter you here in Peace and Security.’ And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury: (they will be) brothers (joyfully) facing each other on raised couches.”  (Qur’an, Surah Al-Hijr, 15:45-47)

“And the Garden will be brought nigh to the Righteous - no more a thing distant. (A voice will say :) ‘This is what was promised for you for every penitent heedful one, who feared the Most Gracious Unseen, and brought a heart turned in devotion (to Him). Enter you therein in Peace and Security. This is a Day of Eternal Life!’ There will be for them therein all that they wish’ and there is more with Us.”  (Qur’an, Surah Qaf, 50:31-35)

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet said, “The first batch (of people) who will enter Paradise will be (glittering) like the full moon, and the batch next to them will be (glittering) like the most brilliant star in the sky. Their hearts will be as if the heart of a single man, for they will have neither enmity nor jealousy amongst themselves; everyone will have two wives from the houris, (who will be so beautiful, pure and transparent that) the marrow of the bones of their legs will be seen through the bones and the flesh.”   (Reported by Bukhari 4/476)

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