40 Hadith Qudsi #39

احتجت الجنة والنار

Paradise and Hellfire Dispute

Narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri رضي الله عنه
Sahih
Muslim
Arabic
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: احْتَجَّتِ الجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ. فَقَالَتِ النَّارُ: فِيَّ الجَبَّارُونَ وَالمُتَكَبِّرُونَ. وَقَالَتِ الجَنَّةُ: فِيَّ ضُعَفَاءُ النَّاسِ وَمَسَاكِينُهُمْ. فَقَضَى اللهُ بَيْنَهُمَا: إِنَّكِ الجَنَّةُ رَحْمَتِي، أَرْحَمُ بِكِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ. وَإِنَّكِ النَّارُ عَذَابِي، أُعَذِّبُ بِكِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ. وَلِكِلَيْكُمَا عَلَيَّ مِلْؤُهَا. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ (وَكَذَلِكَ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ).
Pronunciation
'An Abi Sa'idin-l-Khudri radiyallahu 'anhu 'ani-n-Nabiyyi sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallama qala: Ihtajjati-l-jannatu wa-n-nar. Faqalati-n-naru: fiyya-l-jabbaruna wa-l-mutakabbirun. Wa qalati-l-jannatu: fiyya du'afa'u-n-nasi wa masakinuhum. Faqada-llahu baynahuma: Innaki-l-jannatu rahmati, arham biki man asha'. Wa innaki-n-naru 'adhabi, u'adhdhibu biki man asha'. Wa likilayкuma 'alayya mil'uha. Rawahu Muslimun (wa kadhalika-l-Bukhari wa-t-Tirmidhi).
English
On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Paradise and Hell-fire disputed together. Hell-fire said: In me are the mighty and the haughty. Paradise said: In me are the weak and the poor. So Allah judged between them, saying: You are Paradise, My mercy; through you I show mercy to those I wish. And you are Hell-fire, My punishment; through you I punish those I wish. And it is incumbent upon Me that each of you shall have its fill. It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and at-Tirmidhi).