Then Allah says,
[وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ
نَّاضِرَةٌ ]
(Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah.) which comes from the word Nadarah,
which means splendid, radiant, glowing, delighted with goodness.
[إِلَى رَبِّهَا
نَاظِرَةٌ ]
(Looking at their Lord.) meaning, they will see Him with their very eyes.
This is just as was recorded by Al-Bukhari in his Sahih,
«إِنَّكُمْ
سَتَرَوْنَ رَبَّكُمْ عِيَانًا»
(Verily, you all will see your Lord with your own eyes.) The believers seeing
Allah in the abode of the Hereafter has been confirmed in the authentic Hadiths
from numerous routes of transmission with the scholars of Hadith. It is not
possible to deny this or refuse it. Examples would be the Hadiths of Abu Sa`id
and Abu Hurayrah, and they are both recorded in the Two Sahihs. They both
mentioned that some people said, "O Messenger of Allah! Will we see our Lord on
the Day of Judgement'' The Prophet said,
«هَلْ تُضَارُّونَ
فِي رُؤْيَةِ الشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ لَيْسَ دُونَهُمَا سَحَابٌ؟»
(Are you harmed by seeing the sun and the moon when there are no clouds
beneath them) They replied, "No.'' The Prophet then said,
«فَإِنَّكُمْ
تَرَوْنَ رَبَّكُمْ كَذَلِك»
(Then you will surely see your Lord like that.) In the Two Sahihs it is
recorded from Jabir that he said, "The Messenger of Allah looked at the moon on
a night when it was full, and he said,
«إِنَّكُمْ تَرَوْنَ
رَبَّكُمْ كَمَا تَرَوْنَ هَذَا الْقَمَرَ، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَنْ لَا
تُغْلَبُوا عَلَى صَلَاةٍ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَلَا قَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا،
فَافْعَلُوا»
(Verily, you will see your Lord just as you see this moon! So if you are able
to avoid missing a prayer before the rising of the sun (Fajr prayer) or before
its setting (`Asr prayer) then do so.)'' Among the Hadiths, which Muslim was
alone in recording, is a narration from Suhayb that the Prophet said,
«إِذَا دَخَلَ أَهْلُ
الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالى: تُرِيدُونَ شَيْئًا
أَزِيدُكُمْ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ: أَلَمْ تُبَيِّضْ وُجُوهَنَا؟ أَلَمْ تُدْخِلْنَا
الْجَنَّةَ وَتُنَجِّنَا مِنَ النَّارِ؟ قَالَ: فَيَكْشِفُ الْحِجَابَ، فَمَا
أُعْطُوا شَيْئًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ، وَهِيَ
الزِّيَادَة»
(When the people of Paradise enter the Paradise, Allah will say, `Do you want
me to give you anything extra' They will say, `Haven't you whitened our faces
Haven't you entered us into Paradise and saved us from the Fire' Then He will
remove the veil and they will not be given anything more beloved to them than
looking at their Lord, and that will be the extra (Ziyadah).) Then he recited
this Ayah,
[لِّلَّذِينَ
أَحْسَنُواْ الْحُسْنَى وَزِيَادَةٌ]
(For those who have done good is the best and extra (Ziyadah).) (10:26) Also
among the Hadiths, which Muslim was alone in recording, is the Hadith of Jabir
in which the Prophet said,
«إِنَّ اللهَ
يَتَجَلَّى لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَضْحَك»
(Verily, Allah will appear before the believers while He is laughing.) This
will take place on the open plains of the Resurrection place. In some of these
Hadiths, it mentions that the believers will be looking at their Lord on the
open plains and some mention that this will occur in the Gardens of Paradise. If
it were not due to fear of taking up a lot of space, we would present all of
these Hadiths with their routes of transmission and wordings from those that are
in the Sahih collections, the collections of good narrations, the Musnad
collections and the Sunan collections. However, we have mentioned this in
separate places in this Tafsir, and Allah is the Giver of success. This issue is
something that the Companions, the Successors and the Salaf of this nation have
agreed upon, and all praise is due to Allah. It is something that is agreed upon
between the Imams of Islam and the guides of all mankind.
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