Here & The Hereafter

Whisper Of Wisdom,

Salaamu Äleykumu Warahmatullahi Wabarakaatuh,

Abu Hurayra narrated that the Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him said: {world is a prison-house for a believer and Paradise for a non-believer}
Sahih Muslim Volume1 Book42 Number7058

Verily, it is true that dunya is a prison-house for Believers for what they see as fitan, for what they bear as wills.. desires and for what they struggle with as Shaytân Whispers!

Thus Allah says in Sûrah Al-Änkabût: {Alif. Lâm. Mîm. (1) Ahasiba 'nâsu ayyutrakû ayyaqûlû âmanna wa hum lâ yuftanûn (2) Wa laqad fattannâ llathîna min qablihim falya'älamanna llahu llathîna sadaqû walya'älamanna lkâthibîn (3) }

Here is an english translation for these verses: {Alif. Lâm. Mîm. (1) Do Men imagine that they will be left (at ease) because they say, We believe, and will not be tested with afflicions? (2) Lo! We tested those who were before them. Thus Allah knows those who are sincere and knows those who feign. (3)}

As Shadab -my friend- mentioned in the "Al-Insânu Ashraful Makhluqat" article, that we were created and we've been granted with so many blessings, then Allah would test us in Dunya with what we've been given. Therefore, believing in Allah would certainly not free us from this test, cause with affliction that Allah knows -He is the All-Knowing- the righteous Believers and the liars, the hypocrits ones.

But regarding the Disbelievers, they are not tested till they accept the truth which Islam came up with, though they are in an upseting rush, a troubleous life, in different shapes of afflictions. Allah says in Sûrah Taha: {Wa man a'ärada än thikrî fa inna lahû ma'ïchatan dankâ wa nahshuruhu yawma lqiyâmati a'ämâ (124)}

Which means in English: {But he who turnes away from remembrance of Me, his life will be narrow, and I shall bring him blind to the assembly on the Day of Resurection. (124)}

They would never recognize peace coming within themselves till the day they kiss away their disbelief. This verse was not revelled only on disbelievers but also on believers who let down remembering Allah, go against the straight path with their sinful deeds and who act likely as disbelievers.

Concerning the hadeeth I mentioned below, it has been narrated that Al Hafizu Bnu Hijr went out in a great procession elegantly riding a mule when a Jewish attacked him, wearing a scruffy skimpy little dress. He stopped the mule and said to the scholar: ' O you who pretend that your prophet said "The world is a prison-house for a believer and Paradise for a non-believer"..Which prison you are into and which paradise I am in? '

So Al Hafizu Bnu Hijr said: ' True.. In your sadness and misery you are in Paradise for what is been prepared for you, in the hereafter, as cruel and everlasting punishment.. While me, in spite of my welfare over here, this is to be seen as a prison, for what is waiting for me in Paradise '

* The picture upside is the sûrah Taha verse in Arabic.