Fath al-Rabbani

Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty says: {ثُمَّ أَ وْرَثْنَا الْکِتَابَ الَّذِینَ اصْطَفَیْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا فَمِنْہُمْ ظَالِمٌ لِنَفْسِہِ وَمِنْہُمْ مُقْتَصِدٌ وَمِنْہُمْ سَابِقٌ بِالْخَیْرَاتِ بِإِذْنِ اللّٰہِ} … Then We made those whom We chose from among Our servants inherit the Book; but of them are some who wrong themselves, and of them are some who are moderate, and of them are some who, by Allah’s leave, are foremost in good deeds. That is the great bounty. Its explanation is that those who are foremost in good deeds will enter Paradise without reckoning, those who are moderate will have an easy reckoning, and those who wronged themselves will be detained in the Plain of Gathering, then Allah Almighty will compensate them with His mercy. These are the ones who will say: {اَلْحمْدُ لِلّٰہِ الَّذِیْٓ اَذْہَبَ عَنَّا الْحَزَنَ اِنَّ رَبَّنَا لَغَفُوْرٌ شَکُوْرٌ۔ الَّذِیْٓ اَحَلَّنَا دَارَ الْمُقَامَۃِ مِنْ فَضْلِہٖ لَایَمَسُّنَا فِیْہَا نَصَبٌ وَّلَا یَمَسُّنَافِیْہَا لُغُوْبٌ۔} … And they will say, “All praise is due to Allah, who has removed from us [all] sorrow. Indeed, our Lord is certainly Most Forgiving, Most Appreciative. He who has settled us in the home of permanence out of His bounty; no fatigue will touch us therein, nor will weariness touch us therein.”