A Glimpse Of Heaven

Bismillah - wal humduillah - wa ssaalaatu wa ssalaamu 'aala Rasoolillah.

Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) says in Surah Yasin (36), He says:‏ "Today - indeed the people of Jannah will be at work, will be engulfed in work". (فٰكِهُوۡنَ) "And what they will be doing is, they will be quite happy with their occupation. They will be really really busy but their occupation that they have, they will be very happy with it.". What's this occupation that they'll have? And why does Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) call it an 'occupation'? Usually an occupation doesn't have the meaning of fun in there. When you say "I'm", when somebody calls you and you say "I'm kinda occupied at the moment." What does the other person think? He thinks "You're busy. You're doing something really important/significant". He doesn't think you're sitting there entertaining yourself. But Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) calls the People of Jannah, calls their occupation or their enjoyment occupation. The reason for that is because they will be so busy in enjoying themselves, it's as if their enjoyment is an occupation. 

And then Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) continues and He says, just so you understand that this occupation is not "busyness", it's not, it won't wear you out, it's not actual work. He says: "فٰكِهُوۡنَ"‌ they'll be quite happy with what they're doing. They're actually having a lot of fun and they're so busy having fun, fun that they can't really answer a phone call or anything of that sort. So Allah says: (اِنَّ اَصۡحٰبَ الۡجَـنَّةِ الۡيَوۡمَ فِىۡ شُغُلٍ فٰكِهُوۡنَ) ‌"They're busy, they're occupied but their happy with their occupation". (هُمۡ وَاَزۡوَاجُهُمۡ) "Them and their wives, their spouses". (فِىۡ ظِلٰلٍ) "They will be in shades". Now I want you to imagine for a second...anything that you really want to do in your life...Imagine yourself at the moment, sitting before a beach. If you're sitting before a beach site, especially in the morning time when the sun is out, it's really hot, what do you plan on doing? What do you think? What do you do? What do you think of? Right away you think of an umbrella. You think of a chair. You think of a table. You think of some juice. You think of some fruits, maybe some grapes that your wife is feeding you. And Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) is describing just that. He says: "My slave, whatever you want in this dunya, when you think of that beach site you really wanna be at, Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) will give it to you in Jannah". (اِنَّ اَصۡحٰبَ الۡجَـنَّةِ الۡيَوۡمَ فِىۡ شُغُلٍ فٰكِهُوۡنَ‌) "They're busy with that joyful occupation". And what's that's occupation? "They will be in Jannah, sitting with their spouses (فِىۡ ظِلٰلٍ) in shades". Now the interesting thing is, Allah uses the word ظِلٰلٍ which has two singular forms: shades and umbrellas. So Allah is telling you that there will be light, and that light will require shade and that won't just be random shade. Rather, you can literally imagine yourself under a chair with an umbrella because Allah says: (عَلَى الۡاَرَآٮِٕكِ) "They will be on chairs. They will be resting/reclining on chairs. But above those chairs, will be these shades". Now what are you shading yourself from? Doesn't Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) say in the Qur'an: "They won't see any sun in Jannah?" There is no Sun...You are shading yourself from the brightness that becomes part of Jannah through the Nur (light) of Allah (سبحانه و تعالى), through the light of Allah.

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By Sheikh Abdul Wahab Saleem