AsSalaam Alaikum Brothers and Sisters
We have all probably heard of Jannatul Firdous. The highest level of Paradise, where the best of humanity will go. Have you ever wondered what it takes to get Firdous? Spending 12 hours a day in the masjid? Fasting 300+ days a year? Praying tahajjud every night? Not necessarily! The way to get it has actually been given to us in the Qur’an by Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala! And its all in the first 11 verses of Surah Mu’minoon! Open up your Qur’an and take a look, or have a look below. It’s surprisingly straightforward. Let’s make an action plan and implement it! InshaAllah
Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ
- Successful indeed are the believers.
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِى صَلَاتِہِمۡ خَـٰشِعُونَ
- Those who offer their Salât (prayers) with all solemnity and submissiveness;
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَنِ ٱللَّغۡوِ مُعۡرِضُونَ
3. And those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk, falsehood, backbiting, gossip, and all that Allah has forbidden);
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِلزَّكَوٰةِ فَـٰعِلُونَ
- And those who pay the Zakât;
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَـٰفِظُون
- And those who guard their chastity (to be modest, to have Hayâ, to distance oneself from immorality);
إِلَّ عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٲجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَـٰنُہُمۡ فَإِنَّہُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ
- Except from their wives or that which their right hands possess, - for then, they are free from blame;
فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٲلِكَ فَأُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ
- But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors;
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٲعُونَ
- Those who are faithfully true to their Amanât (all duties which Allah has ordained, honesty, moral responsibility and trusts) and to their covenants;
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَٲتِہِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ
9. And those who strictly guard their (five times compulsory) *Salawât *(prayers) (at their fixed hours).
أُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡوَٲرِثُونَ
10. These are indeed the inheritors
لَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلۡفِرۡدَوۡسَ هُمۡ فِيہَا خَـٰلِدُونَ
11. Who will inherit the Firdaus (Paradise). They shall dwell therein forever.