Allah said,
[الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ
وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَاتِ طُوبَى لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَـَابٍ ]
(Those who believed, and work righteousness, Tuba is for them and a beautiful
place of (final) return.) `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said that
Tuba means, "Happiness and comfort or refreshment of the eye.'' `Ikrimah said
that Tuba means, "How excellent is what they earned,'' while Ad-Dahhak said, "A
joy for them.'' Furthermore, Ibrahim An-Nakh`i said that Tuba means, "Better for
them,'' while Qatadah said that it is an Arabic word that means, `you have
earned a good thing.' In another narration, Qatadah said that `Tuba for them'
means, "It is excellent for them,''
[وَحُسْنُ
مَـَابٍ]
(and a beautiful place of return.) and final destination. These meanings for
Tuba are all synonymous and they do not contradict one another. Imam Ahmad
recorded that Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri said that a man asked, "O Allah's Messenger!
Tuba for those who saw you and believed in you!'' The Prophet said,
«طُوبَى لِمَنْ
رَآنِي وَآمَنَ بِي، وَطُوبَى ثُمَّ طُوبَى ثُمَّ طُوبَى لِمَنْ آمَنَ بِي وَلَمْ
يَرَنِي»
(Tuba is for he who saw me and believed in me. Tuba, and another Tuba, and
another Tuba for he who believed in me, but did not see me.) A man asked, "What
is Tuba'' The Prophet said,
«شَجَرَةٌ فِي
الْجَنَّةِ مَسِيرَتُهَا مِائَةُ عَامٍ ثِيَابُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ
أَكْمَامِهَا»
(A tree in Paradise whose width is a hundred years, and the clothes of the
people of Paradise are taken from its bark.) Al-Bukhari and Muslim recorded that
Sahl bin Sa`d said that the Messenger of Allah said,
«إِنَّ فِي
الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لَا
يَقْطَعُهَا»
(There is a tree in Paradise, if a rider travels in its shade for one hundred
years, he would not be able to cross it.) An-Nu`man bin Abi `Ayyash Az-Zuraqi
added, "Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri narrated to me that the Prophet said,
«إِنَّ فِي
الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ الْجَوَادَ الْمُضَمَّرَ السَّرِيعَ
مِائَةَ عَامٍ مَا يَقْطَعُهَا»
(There is a tree in Paradise, if a rider travels in its shade on a fast,
sleek horse for one hundred years, he would not be able to cross it.)'' In his
Sahih, Imam Muslim recorded that Abu Dharr narrated that the Messenger of Allah
said that Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said,
«يَا عِبَادِي لَوْ
أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ قَامُوا فِي صَعِيدٍ
وَاحِدٍ فَسَأَلُونِي فَأَعْطَيْتُ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ مَسْأَلَتَهُ مَا نَقَصَ ذَلِكَ
مِنْ مُلْكِي شَيْئًا إِلَّا كَمَا يَنْقُصُ الْمِخْيَطُ إِذَا أُدْخِلَ فِي
الْبَحْر»
(O My slaves! If the first and the last among you, mankind and Jinns among
you, stood in one spot and asked Me and I gave each person what he asked, it
will not decrease from My dominion, except what the needle decreases (or
carries) when entered into the sea.) Khalid bin Ma`ddan said, "There is a tree
in Paradise called Tuba, that has breasts that nurse the children of the people
of Paradise. Verily, the miscarriage of a woman will be swimming in one of the
rivers of Paradise until the Day of Resurrection commences, when he will be
gathered with people while forty years of age.'' Ibn Abi Hatim collected this
statement.
[كَذَلِكَ
أَرْسَلْنَاكَ فِى أُمَّةٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهَآ أُمَمٌ لِّتَتْلُوَ
عَلَيْهِمُ الَّذِى أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ بِالرَّحْمَـنِ قُلْ
هُوَ رَبِّى لا إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ مَتَابِ
]
(30. Thus have We sent you to a community before whom other communities have
passed away, in order that you might recite unto them what We have revealed to
you, while they disbelieve in the Most Gracious (Allah). Say: "He is my Lord!
None has the right to be worshipped but He! In Him is my trust, and to Him I
turn.'')