دَرَجاتُ الجَنَّةِ The Ranks in Paradise

23ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنَّ في الجَنّةِ دَرَجةً لا يَنالُها إلّا إمامٌ عادِلٌ ، أو ذو رَحِمٍ وَصُولٌ ، أو ذو عِيالٍ صَبورٌ.

23– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘There is a station in Paradise that none can attain except a just leader, or one who has maintained relations with his kin, or who is forbearing with his family.’[Ibid. p. 93, no. 39]

 

24ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في صفةِ الجنّةِ ـ : دَرَجاتٌ مُتَفاضِلاتٌ ، ومَنازِلُ مُتَفاوِتاتٌ.

24– Imam Ali (AS) said, describing Paradise, ‘There are degrees differing in excellence, and various stations.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 85]

 

25ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ أهْلَ الجَنّةِ لَيَتَراؤونَ مَنازِلَ شِيعَتِنا كما يَتَراءى الرّجُلُ مِنكُمُ الكَواكِبَ في اُفُقِ السَّماءِ .

25– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The people of Paradise will gaze upon the stations of our shi`a just as one of you gazes at the stars on the horizons of the sky.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3514]

 

26ـ الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): علَيكَ بالقُرآنِ، فإنَّ اللّه‏َ خَلـقَ الجَنّـةَ ... وجَعلَ دَرَجاتِها على قَدْرِ آياتِ القُرآنِ، فمَن قَرأَ القُرآنَ قالَ لَهُ : إقْرَأْ وارْقَ ، ومَن دَخـلَ مِنهُمُ الجَنّةَ لَم يَكُنْ في الجَنّةِ أعلى دَرَجـةً مِنهُ ما خلا النَّبِيّينَ والصِّدِّيقينَ .

26– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Adhere to the Qur’an …for Allah has created Paradise, and has made its stations in accordance with the verses of the Qur'an. So whoever reads the Qur'an, it will say to him, ‘Read and ascend!’ So whoever from among them enters Paradise, there will not be a station higher than theirs except for the prophets and the truthful ones.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 8, p. 133, no. 39]

 

27ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ أدنى أهْلِ الجَنّةِ مَنزِلاً لَو نَزلَ بهِ‏الثّقَلانِ ـ الجِنُّ والإنسُ ـ لَوَسِعَهُم طَعاماً وشَراباً ، ولا يَنْقُصُ مِمّا عِندَهُ شَيءٌ .

27– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘For the one who occupies the lowest station in Paradise, were the humans and the jinn to appear as guests for him, nothing would diminish from him if he were to provide them all with food and drink.’[Ibid. v. 8, p. 120, no. 11]