【莱月·天园的芳香】E001：天园即归途
进入天园吧，疲惫的灵魂，在这里安定吧，你应当被喜悦地归於你的主。
有一次，先知ﷺ与其弟子们一起晨礼。之后，他ﷺ忽伸出手来，似欲摘取某物；随后，他ﷺ笑了，又将手收回。一位弟子见状便对穆圣ﷺ说：您今天ﷺ做了一件我们从未闻见之事。您伸手似乎欲摘某物，但却忽又把手收了回来。他ﷺ说：“刚刚我目睹了天园，与其中的一串葡萄。倘若我能摘下那些葡萄，你们或能食之直至末日。”他ﷺ接着又说：“其后，我又看到了火狱，所以将手收了回来。”[2]
想象一下，此时此刻，倘若我们能够亲睹天园和火狱，我们的所为又将会有如何不同呢？然而，此非能否“目睹”之事，而是能否“感知”之事。先知ﷺ说：“对于你们中的有些人，天园只距他一鞋带之遥，（而对于另外一些人）火狱也是如此。”[3]天园就在你眼前。若你无法于今世进入其中，或许你的天园之门将永远关闭。
先知ﷺ说：真宰ﷻ在初创天园之时，便召唤天使吉卜利勒（愿他平安），并敕令他：“去天园看看吧，看我为那里的居民准备了什么。”于是吉卜利勒（愿他平安）前去，亲见了真宰ﷻ为天园的居民所准备的一切。它极尽荣光、熠熠生辉、生机盎然，尽显初生的蓬勃。
然后，他（愿他平安）回到真宰ﷻ的御前说：“我的主啊，誓以您的尊荣，凡耳闻天园者，无人不求之。”言外之意即：人们一旦得知天园的美妙，便都会奔向它。
然而，真宰ﷻ随后又以荆针蒺藜布满天园。于是祂ﷻ再次敕令天使吉卜利勒（愿他平安）复往参观。天使（愿他平安）看完返回来说：“我的主啊！誓以您的尊荣，我担心再无人能进天园。”
真宰ﷻ又敕令道：“去看看火狱吧，看看我为它的居民准备了什么。”天使吉卜利勒（愿他平安）看完后回到真宰ﷻ的御前说：“我的主啊，誓以您的尊荣，凡耳闻火狱者，无人敢入。”意即：人们一旦得知它的存在，定会竭力远离它。
尔后，真宰ﷻ以欲望和安逸充满火狱，让天使吉卜利勒（愿他平安）再去参观。天使（愿他平安）看完后复返真宰ﷻ的御前说：“我的主啊，誓以您的尊荣，我担心无人能够避得开它。”[4]
随后，真宰ﷻ又对天园说：“天园，你说。”天园遂说：“信士们确已成功了。”[5]天使吉卜利勒（愿他平安）回应道：“祝福你，你是国王们的家园。”此处的“国王”所指显然并非世俗概念。那些真宰ﷻ的虔敬之仆，在后世都成了国王和王后。
先知ﷺ说，有一次，天园与火狱辩论起来。天园说：“我的主啊！为何在我这里住的皆为软弱贫困者？”火狱说：“我的主啊！为何在我这里住的都是暴虐狂妄者？”真宰ﷻ对天园说：“你象征着我的仁慈慷慨，我将藉你以怜悯我欲怜悯之人。”真宰ﷻ又对火狱说：“你昭示着我的威严烈怒，我将藉你以惩处我欲惩处之人。”[6]天园和火狱此刻都在热切地等待着他们的客人。不论你的祈祷提及前者还是后者，他们都会回应。
先知ﷺ说：还不到一天的时间，天园和火狱就开始向真宰ﷻ询问有关其居民的事了。
天园说：“我的主啊！我的果实已成熟，我的诸河在流淌，我迫不及待得想见我的朋友们。快把我的居民带来吧。”
火狱说：“我的主啊！我的火越灼越热，我的坑越沉越深，我的烈焰正在熊熊地燃烧。快把我的居民带来吧。”祈求清高的真宰ﷻ能让我们成为天园的居民。
赞主超绝！感知一下真宰ﷻ的仁慈吧。尽管天园和火狱都在哀求，但其皆对清廉的信士予以祝福。先知ﷺ说：“谁向真宰ﷻ祈求天园三次，天园便说：‘我的主啊，求您让他进入天园吧！’谁向真宰ﷻ祈求远离火狱三次，火狱便说：‘我的主啊，求您让他远离火狱吧！”[7]他们都愿你终归美属，但天园之所已为你备好。
就如Ka'ab（愿主喜悦他）所说，每当真宰ﷻ看向天园时，都会对它说：“为你的居民美化自己吧！”每次如是，它都会较之前愈发佳美，直至其居民到来之日。
你知道吗？天园也钟爱莱月，因为这是它最喜欢的时节。先知ﷺ曾说：“当莱月来临时，诸天之门均被打开，火狱之门皆被关闭，恶魔皆被套上枷锁。”[8]在此尊贵之月，每晚天园之门都在敞开着；真宰ﷻ会让天园美上加美。它在热切地等候迎接你。那么你呢？你又有多渴望它呢？
先知ﷺ说：人们啊，竭尽所能奔赴天园，竭尽全力远离火狱。天园的寻求者与火狱的逃离者们夜间不眠。”他ﷺ又说：“然而，通往后世的路途荆棘密布，而今世之欢满是浮华声平。但若你深知天园之悦，尘世间又有何种欢愉或苦痛能够阻碍你奔赴天园的脚步呢？莫忘先知ﷺ伸手欲摘葡萄的场景。
试想，假如你是阿西娅（愿她平安），当你抬头看到宫殿林立的天园……此时，即使是最残忍的暴君——法老，也无法夺走其脸上的微笑。
然而，在你亲睹天园之前，必须先用心去感知它的存在。为了它，你须竭尽生命中的每一寸气力。
安定的灵魂啊！你应该喜悦地，被喜悦地归于你的主。你应当入我的众仆里；你应当入在我的天园里。[9]
天园说：“漂泊的灵魂啊，你已离家太久、太远。你的宫殿与下临诸河的天园都在这里。乘着你的祈祷与善功，快快归来吧。我热切地盼望着你，你的主也等待着悦纳你的奔赴。”
[1] 本文翻译自Yaqeen Institute发布的视频讲座系列Janna Series with Dr. Omar Suleiman: Jannah Is Waiting for You (Ep. 1)，有增删。
[2] 可参考《布哈里圣训实录》745、1052、2364。
[3] 可参考《布哈里圣训实录》6488。
[4] 参考《提尔米济圣训集》2560；《艾布·达乌德圣训集》4744；《奈萨仪圣训集》3409。
[5] 《可蓝》23：1，马坚译本。
[6] 可参考《穆斯里姆圣训实录》54：14。
[7] 可参考《提尔米济圣训集》2572；《奈萨仪圣训集》4824；《伊本·马哲》39：39。
[8] 可参考《布哈里圣训实录》1898、1899。
[9] 《可蓝》89：27-30，马坚译本。
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EP 1. Jannah Is Waiting for You
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, once prayed Fajr with his companions. And then he reaches his hand out, SallA-LL-AHu 'alaihi wasallam, as if he's trying to pluck something. And he was smiling and then he retreated his hand, sallA-LL-AHu 'alayhi wa sallam.
And a companion said to the messenger of A-LL-AH, sallA-LL-AHu 'alaihi wasallam, "We saw you do something today that we've never seen you do before. It was as if you put your hand out and you were trying to pluck something and then you suddenly pulled your hand back." And he said,"I just saw Paradise, I saw Jannah and I saw a bunch of grapes and if I was able to pluck those grapes, you would've eaten from those grapes until the end of the world."And then the Prophet, sallA-LL-AHu 'alaihi wa sallam, said, "Then I saw Hellfire. And so I pulled my hand back from it."
Imagine if we could see Paradise and Hellfire right now in front of us,how different would we be? But it's not about seeing it, it's about perceiving it.The Prophet, sallA-LL-AHu 'alaihi wa sallam, said, "Jannah is nearer to you than your shoelaces and so is the Hellfire." Jannah is right in front of you, but if you don't spiritually step into it right now then its gates might shut and never open for you again.
The Prophet, sallA-LL-AHu 'alaihi wa sallam, said,"In the very first moments that A-LL-AH created Paradise, He called forth the angel Jibreel and He said to him, "Go look at Jannah, and see what I've prepared for its people." So Jibreel, 'alayhi-salaam, goes and he sees what A-LL-AH has prepared for its people. Paradise in all of its glory, fresh, for the very first time.
And he comes back to A-LL-AH, Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la, and he says, "By your might, O my Lord,no one is going to hear about this place except that they're going to enter into it." Meaning when people know about how amazing this Jannah is, everyone's going to go to Jannah.
But then A-LL-AH, Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la, filled the path to Jannah with all sorts of hardships. And He told Jibreel, 'alayhi-salaam, "Go look at it again." And Jibreel, 'alayhi-salaam, comes back to A-LL-AH And he says, "O my Lord, now I'm afraidthat no one's going to enter into it."
Then A-LL-AH said, "Go look at Hellfireand see what I've prepared for its people." So Jibreel, 'alayhi-salaam, comes back to A-LL-AH and he says, "By your might, O my Lord, no one is going to hear about this place of Hellfire and enter into it. Once they know it exists, they're going to do everything they can to stay away from it.”
Then A-LL-AH says, "Go look at it again."And A-LL-AH, Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la, filled the path to Hellfire with desires and ease. And Jibreel, 'alayhi-ssalaam, came back to A-LL-AH, Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la, and said, "O my Lord, now I'm afraid that no one is going to be able to avoid it."
Then A-LL-AH, Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la, says to Jannah,"Speak O Jannah." And Jannah says, " The believers have succeeded!"（23:1）
And Jibreel,'alayhi-ssalaam, and the angels respond to Paradise and they say, "Blessed are you the home of kings."But these aren't worldly kings. Believers become kings and queens by being sincere servants of A-LL-AH, Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la
And the Prophet, sallA-LL-AHu 'alaihi wa sallam, said that, "One time,Paradise and Hellfire actually had an argument and Paradise said, "My Lord, why is it that it seems like only the weak and the downtrodden enter into me?" And Hellfire said, "My Lord, why is it that it's only the arrogant and the proud that enter into me?" And A-LL-AH, Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la, says to Jannah, " You, O Jannah are my mercy. I will show it to whomever And then A-LL-AH, Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la, says to Hellfire, "And you, O Hellfire, are my punishment. I will punish through you whoever I wish.
And now they both eagerly await. And when you make du'aain regards to either of them, both of them respond.
The Prophet, sallA-LL-AHu 'alaihi wa sallam, said"There is no day that passes, except that Paradise and Hellfire ask A-LL-AH, Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la, about their people."
And Jannah says, "O my Lord, my fruits are ripe, my rivers are flowing, I can't wait to see my friends. Bring my people quickly to me."
And Hellfire says, "Oh my Lord,my heat has become intense, my depth has gotten deeper，and my flames are bursting with fury. So bring my people quickly to me!" May A-LL-AH, Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la, make us from the people of Paradise.
SubhanA-LL-AH, look at A-LL-AH's mercy. While both Paradise and Hellfire speak, both of them wish well for the believers. They both wish well for the righteous.
The Prophet, sallA-LL-AHu 'alaihi wa sallam, said that, "No believer asks A-LL-AH, Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la, for Paradise three times except that Paradise responds and says, "O A-LL-AH, admit him into Paradise!”And no believer seeks refuge from Hellfire three times except that Hellfire says, "O A-LL-AH, give him refuge from the fire."So they both want good for you but Jannah is the one that's getting ready for you.
And in general,Ka'ab radiA-LL-AHu ta'ala 'anhu said, "Every time A-LL-AH, Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la, looks at Jannah: "Beautify yourself for your people!" And it continues to increase in its beauty every single time until its people enter into it.
And guess what?Jannah loves Ramadan too. It's its favorite season. The Prophet, sallA-LL-AHu 'alaihi wa sallam, said that: "When the month of Ramadan comes, the gates of Paradise are flung openand the gates of Hellfire are shut, and the devils are put into chains. And there is not a night of this blessed month except that the gates of Paradise are flung wider and A-LL-AH, Subh'anahu Wa Ta-A'la, beautifies your Jannah even more."And it can't wait to receive you. But how eager are you to receive it?
The Prophet, sallA-LL-AHu 'alaihi wa sallam, said, "O people! Seek Paradise as much as you can and run away from Hellfire as much as you can. The seeker of Paradise does not sleep nor does the fleer of the fire.”And he said, sallA-LL-AHu 'alaihi wa sallam, "But the Hereafter is surrounded with difficulties. And this world is full of pleasures. But if you knew the pleasures of Paradise, what pleasure or pain in this world would interfere with your pursuit of Jannah?" Remember the Prophet, sallA-LL-AHu 'alaihi wasallam, reaching out to grab that bunch of grapes.
Imagine if you were like Asiya, 'alayha-salaam, when she looked up and she saw her entire palace in Paradise.At that point, not even the most brutal torturer, Fir'awn, could steal her smile. But before you see it there, you have to feel it here, and you have to strive for it with every fiber of your being.
O wandering soul, you are far away from home. Your palaces are here --- your rivers too. So rush to me with your du’as and deeds, for I am so eager to receive you, and your Lord is eager to please you. --- Jannah
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