Tarikh (al-Tabari) 8
Creation of the heavens and the earth
ذِكْرِ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ مَخْلُوقَتَانِ قَبْلَ آدَمَ. قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ: وَالْجَنَّةُ فِي السَّمَاءِ . وَيَدُلُّ عَلَيْهِ قَوْلُهُ: عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى عِنْدَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَى . وَقَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ: وَفِي السَّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ، قَالَ: الْمَطَرُ، وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ قَالَ: الْجَنَّةُ . وَيَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ قَدْ خُلِقَتْ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: اسْكُنْ أَنْتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ. وَقَدْ رَوَى سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ عَرْشُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْمَاءِ ، ثُمَّ اتَّخَذَ جَنَّةً، ثُمَّ اتَّخَذَ دُونَهَا أُخْرَى ثُمَّ أَطْبَقَهَا بِلُؤْلُؤَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، فَقَالَ: وَمِنْ دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ. وعَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: "إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَشَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لَا يَقْطَعُهَا" . وعَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالَ: "جَنَّاتُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ أَرْبَعٌ: ثِنْتَانِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ آَنِيَتُهُمَا وَحِلْيَتُهُمَا وَمَا فِيهِمَا، وَثِنْتَانِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ آَنِيَتُهُمَا وَحِلْيَتُهُمَا وَمَا فِيهِمَا، وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَ الْقَوْمِ أَنْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ -عَزَّ وَجَلَّ- إِلَى رِدَاءِ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ -عَزَّ وَجَلَّ- فِي جَنَّةِ عَدْنٍ". قَالَ أَحْمَدُ: بسنده عن أَبُو الْمُدَلَّهٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ: قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَدِّثْنَا عَنِ الْجَنَّةِ مَا بِنَاؤُهَا ؟ قَالَ: لَبِنَتُهَا فِضَّةٌ، وَمِلَاطُهَا الْمِسْكُ الْأَذْخَرُ، وَحَصْبَاؤُهَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْيَاقُوتُ، وَتُرَابُهَا الزَّعْفَرَانُ، مَنْ يَدْخُلُهَا يَنْعَمُ لَا يَبْؤُسُ، وَيَخْلُدُ لَا يَمُوتُ، لَا يَبْلَى ثِيَابُهُ وَلَا يَفْنَى شَبَابُهُ". هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ حَسَنٌ، وَاللَّذَانِ قَبْلَهُ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the Garden The Garden and the Fire were created before Adam. ʿAbd Allāh b. Salām said: The Garden is in the heaven. And this is indicated by His saying: “near the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, near it is the Garden of Refuge” (Q 53:14–15). Mujāhid said: “And in the heaven is your provision” (Q 51:22): he said: rain; “and what you are promised” (Q 51:22): he said: the Garden. And that the Garden had already been created is indicated by His saying, Exalted is He: “Dwell, you and your wife, in the Garden” (Q 2:35). Saʿīd b. Jubayr related from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: The Throne of God was upon the water, then He made a Garden, then He made another below it, then He covered it with a single pearl, and He said: “And besides these two are two Gardens” (Q 55:62). From Anas, from the Prophet ﷺ, that he said: “Indeed, in the Garden there is a tree in whose shade a rider travels for a hundred years and does not traverse it.” From Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Qays, from his father, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: “The Gardens of Firdaws are four: two of gold, their vessels, ornaments, and contents; and two of silver, their vessels, ornaments, and contents. And there is nothing between the people and looking at their Lord, Mighty and Majestic, except the mantle of pride upon His face, Mighty and Majestic, in the Garden of ʿAdn.” Aḥmad said: with his chain from Abū al-Mudallah that he heard Abū Hurayrah say: We said: O Messenger of God, tell us about the Garden, what is its construction? He said: “Its bricks are of silver, its mortar is fragrant musk, its pebbles are pearls and rubies, and its soil is saffron. Whoever enters it will enjoy bliss and not suffer misery, will live forever and not die, his garments will not wear out, and his youth will not fade.” This ḥadīth is ḥasan, and the two before it are in the two Ṣaḥīḥs.
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