Description of Paradise by Imam Ibn Al Qayyim.

  

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Description of Paradise

In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Ibn al-Qayyim said, in regards to the description of the Paradise and the delights that it contains:

"And if you ask about its ground and its soil, then it is of musk and saffron.

And if you ask about its roof, then it is the Throne of the Most Merciful.

And if you ask about its rocks, then they are pearls and jewels.

And if you ask about its buildings, then they are made of bricks of gold and silver.

And if you ask about its trees, then it does not contain a single tree except that its trunk is made of gold and silver.

And if you ask about its fruits, then they are softer than butter and sweeter than honey.

And if you ask about its leaves, then they are softer than the softest cloth.

And if you ask about its rivers, then there are rivers of milk who's taste does not change, and rivers of wine that is delicious to those who drink it, and rivers of honey that is pure, and rivers of water that is fresh.

And if you ask about their food, then it is fruits from whatever they will choose, and the meat of whatever birds they desire.

And if you ask about their drink, then it is Tasneem, ginger, and Kaafoor.

And if you ask about their drinking cups, then they are crystal-clear and made of gold and silver.

And if you ask about its shade, then a fast rider would ride in the shade of one of its trees for a hundred years and not escape it.

And if you ask about its vastness, then the lowest of its people would have within his kingdom and walls and palaces and gardens the distance that would be travelled in a thousand years.

And if you ask about its tents and encampments, then one tent is like a concealed pearl that is sixty miles long.

And if you ask about its towers, then they are rooms above rooms in buildings that have rivers running underneath them.

And if you ask about how far it reaches into the sky, then look at the shining star that is visible, as well as those that are far in the heavens that the eyesight cannot possibly reach.

And if you ask about the clothing of its inhabitants, then they are of silk and gold.

And if you ask about its beds, then its blankets are of the finest silk laid out in the highest of its levels.

And if you ask about the faces of its inhabitants and their beauty, then they are like the image of the Moon.

And if you ask about their age, then they are young ones of 33 years in the image of Adam, the father of humanity.

And if you ask about what they will be hearing, then it is the singing of their wives from among the Hoor al-'Ayn, and better than that are the voices of the Angels and the Prophets, and better than that is the Speech of the Lord of the Worlds.

And if you ask about their servants, then they are young boys of everlasting youth who resemble scattered pearls.

And if you ask about their brides and wives, then they are young and full-breasted and have had the liquid of youth flow through their limbs; the Sun runs along the beauty of her face if she shows it, light shines from between her teeth if she smiles; if you meet her love, then say whatever you want regarding the joining of two lights; he sees his face in the roundness of her cheek as if he is looking into a polished mirror, and he sees the brightness from behind her muscles and bones; if she were to be unleashed upon the World, she would fill what is between the Heavens and the Earth with a beautiful wind, and the mouths of the creation would glorifiy, praise, and exclaim greatness, and everything between the East and the West would be adorned for her, and every eye would be shut from everthing but her, and the light of the Sun would be outshone just as the light of the Sun outshines the light of the stars, and everyone on the face of the Earth would believe in the Ever-Living, the One who Sustains and Protects all the exists.

And the covering on her head is better than the World and all that is in it, and she does not increase with age except in beauty; free from an umbilical cord, childbirth and menses, and pure of mucous, saliva, urine and other filthy things; her youth never fades, her clothing is never worn out, no garment can be created that matches her beauty, and no one who is with her can ever become bored; her attention is restricted to her husband, so she desires none but him, just as his attention is restricted to her so she is the sole object of his desire, and he is with her in utmost safety and security, as none has touched her before of either humans or Jinn.

And if you ask about the Day of Increase (in reward) and the visit of the all-Mighty, all-Wise, and the sight of His Face - free from any resemblance or likeness to anything - as you see the Sun in the middle of the day and the full Moon on a cloudless night, then listen on the day that the caller will call: 'O People of Paradise! Your Lord - Blessed and Exalted - requests you to visit Him, so come to visit Him!' So they will say: 'We hear and obey!'

Until, when they finally reach the wide valley where they will all meet - and none of them will turn down the request of the caller - the Lord - Blessed and Exalted - will order His Chair to be brought there. Then, pulpits of light will emerge, as well as pulpits of pearls, gemstone, gold, and silver. The lowest of them in rank will sit on sheets of musk, and will not see what those who are on the chairs above them are given. When they are comfortable where they are sitting and are secure in their places, and the caller calls: 'O People of Paradise! You have an appointment with Allaah in which He wishes to reward you!' So they will say: 'And what is that reward? Has He not already made our faces bright, made our scales heavy, entered us into Paradise, and pushed us away from the Fire?'

And when they are like that, all of a sudden a light shines that encompasses all of Paradise. So, they raise their heads, and, behold: the Compeller - Exalted is He, and Holy are His Names - has come to them from above them and majestified them and said: 'O People of Paradise! Peace be upon you!' So, this greeting will not be responded to with anything better than: 'O Allaah! You are Peace, and from You is Peace! Blessed are You, O possessor of Majesty and Honor!' So the Lord - Blessed and Exalted - will laugh to them and say: 'O People of Paradise! Where are those who used to obey Me without having ever seen Me? This is the Day of Increase!'

So, they will all give the same response: 'We are pleased, so be pleased with us!' So, He will say: 'O People of Paradise! If I were not pleased with you, I would not have made you inhabitants of My Paradise! So, ask of Me!' So, they will all give the same response: 'Show us your Face so that we may look at it!' So, the Lord - Mighty and Majestic - will remove his covering and will majestify them and will cover them with His Light, which, if Allaah - the Exalted - had not Willed not to burn them, would have burned them.

And there will not remain a single person in this gathering except that his Lord - the Exalted - will speak to him and say: 'Do you remember the day that you did this and that?' and He will remind him of some of his bad deeds in the Worldy life, so he will say: 'O Lord! Will you not forgive me?' So, He will say: 'Of course! You have not reached this position of yours (in Paradise) except by my forgiveness.'

So, how sweet is this speech to the ears, and how cooled are the righteous eyes by the glance at His Noble Face in the Afterlife...

{Some faces that Day will be shining and radiant, l ooking at their Lord...} (al-Qiyaamah:22-3)


[from the amazing and beautiful book Haadi al-Arwaah ilaa Bilaad il-Afraah by Ibn al-Qayyim, pg. 193]                                                 

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LIFE

LIFE

1.Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest. Qurân13:28
2. Abu Hurairah (R.A) narrated: the prophet (S.AW) said Allah subhana huwa ta'ala says, I am just as my slave thinks I am (i.e. I am able to do for him what he thinks I can do for him) and I am with him if he remembers me, if he remembers me in himself, I too will remember him in myself, and if he remembers Me in a group of people, I remember him in a group that is better than them, and if he comes one span nearer to Me, I go one cubit him. And if he comes one cubit nearer to Me, I go a distance of two outstretched arms closer to him and if he comes to me walking, I go to him running. (Sahih Bukhari).
 3. Verily, Allah is gentle and kind and He loves gentleness.
 4. The believer is like the bee, which eats what is pure, produces what is pure, and destroys not the tiny branch on which it lands. (Hadith).
5. Whenever gentleness is present in something, that thing is beautified, when gentleness is removed, that thing becomes spoilt. (Hadith).

6. The strong is not he who is strong in combat, verily, the strong one is he who controls himself when he is angry. (Hadith).
7. Hasteness begets regrets. In Islam there are matters that one is recommended to do in haste; . i making up missed prayers ii paying your debts. iii serving your guest with food Iv marrying out your daughter who has reached the state of marriage when she gets a God fearing man asking for her hand in marriage. And etc.
8. I recommend you to take of care of the minutes, as the hours take care of themselves. (Philip Chesterfield).
9. The future comes one day at a time. (Dean Acheson).
10. I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me.( Horatio Lord Nelson).
11. There is no time like the present to tackle a difficult task. Too late is better than never.
12. Discipline is doing the right thing at the right time and at the right rate it should be done.
13. Whatever you do consistently for thirty one days becomes a habit, man don't decide his future, he decides his habits and his habits decide his future. Mike Murdock.
14. Life is not lost by dying, life is lost minute by minute, day by day, in a thousand small uncaring ways. Stephen V Benel.
15. I don't think much of a man who is not wiser than he was yesterday. Abraham Lincoln.
16. Never lose a chance; it does not come every day. George Bernard Shaw.
 17. Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee light gains make heavy purses. George Chapman.
18. High aims form high characters and great objects bring out great mind. Tryon Edwards.

 19.The men who succeed are the efficient few, because they are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop them. (Herbert .N. Casen)
20. What you imagine, know and think determine what your life becomes eventual. (Clement Stones)
21. If one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. (Henry David Thoreau).
22. Many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency and been strangled in their birth by a coward imagination. Jeremy Collier. 
 24. Without determination, success will remain a dream. Helen Keller.
25. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act, but a habit. (Aristotle).
26. I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the very end. Abraham Lincoln.
27. Success comes to the man who does today what others were thinking of doing tomorrow. Helen Keller.
28. If you put your goal before you each day, they are certain to become a reality. ( C. Blant)
29. A good leader inspires and motivates rather than manipulate.
30. You have to get it to give it. You have to love yourself in a healthy manner in order for others to love you. You have to be happy yourself before others could be happy around you. You have to be patient yourself before you can teach your children patience.
31. Try to have a win/win (i.e. a situation where all parties are satisfied) approach in your life. Think of others enter their shoe and try to visualize how they feel. Then think on how to make the situation better for each of you .Don't destroy the goose that lays the golden eggs. Even a child could do better if disciplined in a win/win situation.
 32. Try the power of  ''Thank you''. Allah the Almighty commanded us to thank Him. If you use these words to fellow humans, you will be amazed with the effect. Use it to your friends, children and even your employees and servants.
33. Use people's names while talking to them as often as possible. Believe me, people love to hear their names.
34. Take care of yourself, mentally, physically, and spiritually, for you to have a worthy life.
 35. Always be yourself.
36. Principles are good, but sometimes it is good to step out a little bit, most especially for a good course, in which you think could have a positive outcome. Taste the waters.
37. Courage comes between cowardliness and boldnes
38. If you cannot change a thing then try to change the way you think about it.
39. In helping others, people have a limit or point, up to which they are willing to strive and sacrifice for others. And this limit is seldom exceeded. (Aid Ibn Al-Qarni).
40. And put your trust (O Muhammad) in the ever living one who dies not… (Qur'an 25:58).
 41. Be open minded and accept changes when necessary. Don't be afraid to accept new ideas for a lot of goods can come out of them. E.g. new products, cuisines etc., most especially if it aren't going to cost you an arm and leg.
42. Enthusiasm and persistence can make an average person superior; indifference and lethargy can make a superior person average. William Ward.
43. Our background and circumstances might have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
44. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and clear every doubt. Even a fool, when he holdout his peace, is counted wise. (Abraham Lincoln.
45. When the fool is arrogantly boasting take pride in your silence.

46. The circumstances that surrounds a man's life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances is important. His response is the ultimate determining factor between success and failure. (Helen Keller).
47. Don't let yourself get worried over anticipations, because something that you worry about may not even come, and your worry will not stop the inevitable.
48. Be proactive in the present and do what you believe can benefit you and let what to come, for it's time of coming.
49. Work within your circle of influence not within your circle of concern i.e. those things that you can change for example you can't change the fact that its raining (supposedly so) it's a waste of time to fume over the weather rather you should indulge in thinking about how to get the best of what you want in that situation, by using the resources and initiatives you have or can get, to achieve that desire you have on that rainy day.
50. We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope. (Martin Luther King).
51. Sometimes we are the ones that teach people how to treat us, always have a positive attitude.
52. Sometimes we get served with what we call for.
53. To err is human to forgive is divine.

54. Admitting your mistake is a great stride to healing and success. 55. A little change can make a big difference in our lives. Life gets better when we get better Life always approves what is improved. We can never change the past but we can design a better future through never ending but constant improvement. Even marketers of goods and services are on a constant look out for what to improve in their products, in order to remain relevant. (Habu Dawaki).
56. The reason some people don't go very far in life is because they side step procrastination.
57. First things first, write your goals and tasks. Prioritizes them, tackle the most important ones first, and do each one according to its importance. If you do the most important ones first, you will be more at ease in doing the lesser ones (they will fit). It will make you more efficient.
58. I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change the way I see the world within me.
59. The greatest mistake a person can make is doing nothing. John .Maxwell.
60. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vidal Sasso 
61. The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page. 62. Help a young man on his way up for you may meet him on your way down. Abraham Lincoln.
63. Sin is what the heart is uncomfortable with.
64. A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
65. I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them. Herbert Henry Lehman.
66. Sometimes less is more.
67. Learn to say no when you know its no.
 68. Always look before you leap.
69. Anything worth doing is worth doing well. Even the small tasks. 70. Sometimes what you ask is what you get.
71. Adult behavior calls for adult response.
72. No matter what, life must go on. Sometimes its good to keep things simple.
 73. Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on you. Chinese proverb.
74. If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down. (Mary Rickford).
75. A person may fail many times, but he is not a failure until he blames somebody or something else. (Abraham Lincoln).
76. Only those who do not expect anything are never disappointed only those who never try never fail. (Thomas Edison).
77. Find what you are passionate about and work on it.
 78. Nothing will be attempted if all possible obstacles must first be removed. (Samuel Johnson).
79. Strong men are made by opposition, like kites they go against the wind to raise. (Frank Hern).
80. No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. (Voltaire).
81. Many people dream of success, to me, success can only be achieved through repeated failures and introspect. In fact , success represents the one percent of your work that results from the 99% that is called failure. (Soichiro Honda, (founder of Honda)
82. Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. (Abraham Lincoln).
83. Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes but great rise above them. (Washington Irvin)

84. There is no achievement without failure. It takes adversity to create success. (John Maxwell).
85. Here is the key of being free from stronghold of past failures and mistakes; learn the lesson and forget the details. (Benjamin Franklin). 86. Behind every great idea, there is someone saying, it won't work. 87. Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact. (Norman Vincent Peale).
88. When your enemy names a fault, try to evaluate it to see if it is reasonable and you can change it, if not forget it and move on for enmity does not overlook fault.
89. You can buy whatever you can afford for your child, but what he need most is your time. Attack your weak point instead of attacking those criticizing you about it.
90. If people talk negatively about you, live so that no one will believe him. (Abraham Lincoln).
91. Shared sorrow is half sorrow, shared joy is double joy.
92. The habit of looking on the bright side in every circumstance is more valuable than having a large income.
93. When something bad happens to you, take a day to feel sorry for yourself, and act about the problem the following day.
94. Indulge in thinking about those things that you have control over 95. When you feel down it helps to look your best.
 96. Heavy hearts like heavy clouds in the sky are best relieved by letting out of water. (Rivarol)
97. Keep your face to the sunshine and you will not see the shadow. (Helen Keller).
98. The advice of the selected ones is a balsam for the heart it adds to the heart vivacity and strength. The advice of the ignorant is an affliction and blindness it adds to the heart more sickness. (Sultan Muhammad Bello).

 99. Withhold your tongue from the utterance of complaint, if you are desirous of joyful life. (Caliph Abubakar As sidiq).  

100. On the authority of Abdullah Ibn Abbas (R.A) who said: one day I was riding behind the prophet (peace be upon him) when he said “keep Allah so that you may find
him in front of you. Recognize Allah in prosperity so that He may recognize you in hardship. Bear in mind that what has missed you will never get you, and what has got you will never miss you, bear in mind that victory is with patience, relief is with distress, and ease is with hardship.
 101. Anas (R.A) Reported that Allah's messenger (S.A.W) said Remember death in your prayer. Verily, when a man remembers death in his prayer, he is apt to perfect his prayer. Pray the prayer of a man who does not expect to pray another prayer. And avoid every matter that would require an apology. Recorded by (Ad Daylami). 
102. Do not talk absurdly when you pardon or punish someone. (Caliph Abubakar As Sidiq).

HOW to change your MODEM SETTINGS. AIRTEL MTN glo or Etisalat

Rule No 1 adhere strictly to what is written. you are going to do a set up not visiting a web page.

NO www  in front of APN please.
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Make sure you create a profile on your modem bearing the right APN settings for the right SIM inserted. You can create several profile as much as you please.

1.put the SIM inside the modem.

2.On your laptop and insert the modem through the USB slot.

3.run the modem(wait, do not leave it alone for you are expected to answer the question for it to be run)answer the question on privacy and so on with yes,allow and so on up to where you will choose finish and then run.

4. then go to the TOP left side of the small box and choose TOOLS then OPTIONS,then go to file management and fill as below according to the network you want(the SIM network).( I USED MTN MODEM TO DEMONSTRATE).

5.you can create a profile for all the networks so that you just choose the one whose SIM you wish to use. just choose new on the right hand side of file management box put the right information and then save. to use just go back to the modem's main menu,click connection(by the top left side) clicking on the little arrow head on the profile name slot(just above connect) to do that. when you choose the name of the network you want,then click CONNECT in order to connect to the internet. when the CONNECT sign changes to DISCONNECT. it means you are ON. just go to your browser or whatever you wish to join the internet  for.
                                                                                                                                                                 6. REMEMBER to buy a data bundle(for it is cheaper in the long run. ask friends or check the internet for cheaper or bundles that will suit your data usage. furthermore for inquiries check the networks customer care services and official websites.

  7. normally you can use your phone to load the card and enter the codes for the bundle. then remove the SIM and put on your modem. REMEMBER to use the appropriate SIM size for the modem.
            
profile name: Glo
APN: gloflat
apn: static
username: web (or leave blank)
 passord: web (or leave blank)
access number: *99#

 profile name; Airtel ng
 APN: internet.ng.airtel.com
 apn; static
 username: internet
 passord: internet.
access number: *99#

 profile name; mtn ng
APN: web.gprs.mtnnigeria.com
 apn: static
username: web (or leave blank)
 passord: web (or leave blank
 access number: *99#

 profile name Etisalat
APN: mobile etisalat.com.ng OR etisalat
apn: static
 username: web (or leave blank)
passord: web (or leave blank)
 access number: *99# `