Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets)

102. “They will not hear the slightest sound of it, and they, in what their souls desire, shall abide.”

However in welfare a man may be in this world, desired or undesired, he may hear some unwholesome information and bitter news which decrease his pleasure and happiness. But in Hereafter, the people of Paradise will be far off of any bad news, coarse noises and the moans of those who are badly situated. They will be busy enjoying of full pleasure.

Amir-ul-Mu’mineen Ali (as) says:

“…He has honoured their ears (the people of Paradise) so that the sound of Hell Fire may never reach them (nor the moans of the people of Hell)…”1

The Arabic word /hasis/ is used in the sense of a particular and sensible sound (from Fire).

However, this holy verse points to a couple of great Divine bounties bestowed on this prosperous group.

The first of them is that:

“They will not hear the slightest sound of it…”

Since the true believers are far from Hell, they will never hear the horrible sounds of it. The next divine bounty is that: whatever they desire and wish to obtain they will enjoy of them eternally.

The verse continues saying:

“…and they, in what their souls desire, shall abide.”

That is, in that world, there is not any limitation of the kind of this world for them. They can have any sort of material and spiritual bounties they desire without any exception. They are available for them not only for one or two days, but also for their eternal life.

In conclusion, there are different verses in the Qur’an concerning the quality and quantity of the divine blessings of Paradise.

In one verse, it says:

“…and therein shall be what their souls yearn after and (wherein) the eyes shall delight…”2

Here, in the current verse, it says:

“…and they, in what their souls desire, shall abide.”

And somewhere else, the Qur’an describes it like this:

“So no soul knows what is hidden for them…”3

A tradition narrated from the Messenger of Allah (S) denotes that neither has any ear heard nor has any eye witnessed the quality of the bounties of Paradise.¹