Allah—the Almighty and Majestic—is greater.
He said: You have come upon someone who is well-informed. I asked the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—about it, and he said: A palace made of a single pearl in Paradise. In that palace are seventy dwellings made of red ruby. In each dwelling are seventy houses made of green emerald. In each house are seventy couches. On each couch are seventy mattresses of every color. On each mattress is a woman from the Houris (al-hur al-'ayn). In each house are seventy dining tables, and on each table are seventy types of every food. In each house are seventy male servants and female servants. The believer is granted, in every morning, the strength that enables him to encompass all of that.
10303 - My father narrated to us, Abu al-Yaman narrated to us, Safwan ibn 'Amr narrated to us from Sulaym ibn 'Amir from the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—who said: Paradise has one hundred degrees. A degree made of silver—its soil is silver, its dwellings are silver, its vessels are silver, and its dust is musk. The second: made of gold—its soil is gold, its dwellings are gold, its vessels are gold, and its dust is musk. And the ninety-seven after that are what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and has never occurred to the heart of any human being.
His saying, the Almighty: "In gardens of perpetual residence."
10304 - 'Amr al-Awdi narrated to us, Waki' narrated to us from Sufyan from Mansur from Abu al-Duha from Masruq from 'Abdullah, he said: "Gardens of perpetual residence (jannat 'adn)," he said: The heart of Paradise, meaning: its center.
10350 - My father narrated to us, al-Nufayli narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Salamah narrated to us from Khusayf from 'Ikrimah from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "Gardens of perpetual residence," he said: Their place of residence therein forever.
His saying, the Almighty: "And approval from Allah is greater."
10355 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Yahya ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Bukayr narrated to us, 'Abd Allah ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us, 'Ata' ibn Dinar narrated to us from Sa'id ibn Jubayr regarding His saying: "And approval from Allah is greater," meaning: When they are informed that Allah is pleased with them, that is greater to them than the gifts and the salutations.
His saying, the Almighty: "That."
10307 - Abu Bakr ibn Abi Musa narrated to us, Harun ibn Hatim narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hammad narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us from al-Suddi from Abu Malik regarding His saying: "That (dhalika)," meaning: This (hadha).
