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arjmand
Thank you very much.
So after reading your replies, two more questions came into my mind.
I read that after we will go to Jannah, we will not have the same bodies and appearance as we have in the world. Is this true? Also, after reading your replies, it seems that we will not have any defect appearance wise as we might have in this world. Am I correct.
Sorry if I am going into too much detail. I really want to clarify.
Also, if a woman does not want to marry in Jannah, will she still have to?
Asalaamu Alaikum Wr Wb, Our bodies that we have in this world are only for this world. Allah has given us these bodies as a loan and these are our vessels for our souls in this world.
In the hereafter we will be in a different state that only Allah has knowledge of. Time and matter are only limited to this world and we cannot possible comprehend what it will be like after we die.
Also any negative feelings you have right now about marriage or any other matter is not how you will feel in Paradise. We will be completley cleansed before we enter Jannah and will not feel any malice, jealousy, hate, envy or any other negative feeling. We will be in another place free from any negative feelings and thoughts.
In regards to meeting Allah and becoming beautified by his appearance:
After qiyaamah, Allah Ta'ala will send those who deserve paradise into paradise, and those who deserve hell into hell . The days that we have in this world will also be there. Although there will be no day and night, Allah Ta'ala will show us the extent of days and nights and also the number of hours. So when Friday will come and that hour when the people used to go for jumu'ah will approach, a person will call out saying: "O dwellers of jannah! Go into the jungles of abundance, the length and breadth of which are not known to anyone besides Allah Ta'ala. There will be mounds of musk which will be as high as the skies. The prophets alayhimus salaam will be made to sit on towers of light, and the believers on chairs of sapphires. Once everyone is seated in their respective places, Allah Ta'ala will send a breeze which will carry that musk. That breeze will carry the musk and apply it to their clothing, faces and hair . That breeze will know how to apply that musk even better than that woman who is given all the different perfumes of the world. Allah Ta'ala will then order the carriers of His throne to go and place His throne among all these people. He will then address them saying: "O my servants who have brought faith in the unseen despite not seeing Me, who have attested My Rasul (Allah bless him & give him peace), and who have obeyed My laws! Ask Me whatever you wish for . This day is the day of giving abundantly . "
They will all exclaim in one voice: "O Allah! We are pleased with You, You also be pleased with us. "
Allah Ta'ala will reply: "O dwellers of jannah! If I were not pleased with you all, I would not have kept you in My jannah . Ask for something because this is the day of giving in abundance. "
They will all say in one voice: "O Allah! Show us Your beauty, that we may be able to look at Your noble being with our very eyes . " Allah Ta'ala will lift the veil and will become apparent to these people and His beauty will engulf them from all sides . If this order was not given from before hand that the Jannatis will never get burnt, without doubt they would not have endured the heat of this light and they would all have got burnt. He will then ask them to go back to their respective places . Their beauty and attractiveness will double through the effects of that Real beauty. These people will then go to their wives. They will not be able to see their wives nor will their wives be able to see them. After a little while, the nur which was concealing them will be removed and they will now be able to see each other. Their wives will tell them that how is it that you do not have the same appearance which you had left with? That is, your appearance is a thousand times better now. They will reply that the reason for this is that the noble being of Allah Ta'ala was made apparent to us and we saw His beauty with our very eyes .
(Sharh Sifrus-Sa'aadah)
So the beauty of the people of Paradise will continue to increase especially on Fridays and the people of paradise will be without any defect and they will not excrete expect that we will perspire out of our skins with pure musk.
We must put all of our efforts into making the best use of every second that we have left of our life in this world. We must never become complacent because our life can end ANY second. This is our only chance so let us not waste it otherwise we will regret it FOREVER!