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That shall be a reward and a resort for them'." " For them there will be therein whatever they desire: they will dwell(there) for aye. It is for your Lord a promise that must be fulfilled." Commentary: The promise of Paradise is to be fulfilled certainly. The demands of the people of the Paradise are logical and wise as the demands of Allah are so. It means that as "...

Allah does what He will"[^1], and He does it wisely, the believers have also got wise demands: "For them there will be therein whatever they desire ...". It will not be in a way that they want the people of the Hell to be freed or they want to have the rank of prophets, because such demands are not wise. Therefore, in this verse, the Prophet is addressed to call people to judge. It says: " Say: 'Is that better or the eternal garden which has been promised to the pious ones?

That shall be a reward and a resort for them'." This is the promised Paradise where they will abide for ever, (khalidin). And the next verse says: [^1] Sura 'Al-i-'Imran, No. 3, verse 40 "For them there will be therein whatever they desire: they will dwell (there) for aye. It is for your Lord a promise that must be fulfilled." This question and asking for judgment is for the sake that about which no one has doubt.

It is not for the matter that those painful and terrible punishments can be compared with those matchless blessings and favours, but these kinds of questions are for striking sleeping consciences and wakening people, so that they may be faced with a dilemma. If they say that these blessings are better and superior (and certainly they must say so), they have condemned themselves since their wouldly deeds are against it.

If they say that those punishments are better than these blessings, they have proved that they are insane.