68: No one enters Paradise except by the Mercy of Allah.

Know that no one will enter Paradise except through the Mercy of Allah. Allah will not punish anyone except according to the degree of his sins. If He were to punish them all, the inhabitants of the heavens and the earths, the good and the bad of them, then He would punish them without being unjust to them.[1]

It is not permissible to describe Allah, the Most High, as being unjust, since the unjust is the one who takes that which is not his own, whereas creation and decree belong to Allah, the Magnificent. The creation is His creation and the world is His.

He is not to be questioned about what He does, but they are to be questioned . ‘Why?’ and ‘How?’ are not asked. None can enter between Allah and His creation. [2]

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NOTES

[1] ‘Ubayy ibn Ka’b reports that the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “If Allah punished those who inhabit His heavens and His earth, He would punish them without being unjust to them. If He had mercy upon them, His mercy would be greater than their actions.” Reported by Abu Daawood, Ibn Maajah and Ahmad. The hadeeth is declared saheeh by Shaikh al-Albaanee in Saheehul-Jaami’ (no.52444).

[2] No one may be taken as an intermediary, since Allah hears the supplication of whoever calls upon Him. Moreover, Allah is not in need of any intermediaries. Allah, the Most High, says:

When my slaves ask you concerning Me, (answer them), I am indeed near. I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me so let them obey Me and believe in Me, so that they may be led aright. Soorah al-Baqarah (2): 186

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