Asbat, from al-Suddi: Regarding His saying: "And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, rivers flowing beneath them:" He said: When the people of Paradise hasten to Paradise and reach it, they will find at its gate a tree with two springs at the base of its trunk. They will drink from one of them, which will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, and it is the purifying drink. They will bathe from the other, and the radiance of bliss will spread over them, and they will never be disheveled or weary after that, ever.
His saying, the Almighty: "And they will say, 'Praise to God who has guided us to this.'"
[The First Aspect]
8471 - My father told us, Abu Ma'mar al-Qati'i told us, Hafs told me, from Hajjaj, from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, from Ibn 'Abbas: 'Umar (may God be pleased with him) said: "We have known 'Subhan Allah' (Glory be to God) and 'La ilaha illa Allah' (There is no god but God), but what is 'Al-hamdu lillah' (Praise be to God)?" Then 'Ali (may God be pleased with him) said: "A word that God has approved for Himself."
8472 - My father told us, Abu Ma'mar al-Minqari told us, 'Abd al-Warith told us, 'Ali ibn Zayd ibn Jud'an told us, from Yusuf ibn Mihran, he said: Ibn 'Abbas said: "'Al-hamdu lillah' is the word of gratitude. When he says: 'Al-hamdu lillah', He says: 'My servant has thanked Me.'"
The Second Aspect:
8473 - 'Ali ibn Tahir told us, Muhammad ibn al-'Ula told us, 'Uthman ibn Sa'id told us, Bishr ibn 'Umarah told us, from Abu Rawq, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn 'Abbas: "'Al-hamdu lillah' is the gratitude to God, humility before Him, acknowledgement of His blessings and His initiation (of them), and other than that."
The Third Aspect:
8474 - My father told us, Musa ibn Isma'il told us, Wuhayb told us, Suhayl ibn Abi Salih told us, from his father, from al-Saluli, from Ka'b, he said: "'Al-hamdu lillah' is praise of God."
The Fourth Aspect:
8475 - My father told us, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-'Azrami told us, Bazi'—meaning al-Lahham—told us, Abu Hazim told us, from Yahya ibn 'Abd al-Rahman—meaning Abu Bastam—from al-Dahhak, he said: "'Al-hamdu lillah' is the mantle of the Most Merciful."
