Allah
said,
﴿الَّذِينَ
آمَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَاتِ
طُوبَى لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَـَابٍ ﴾
(Those
who believed, and work righteousness, Tuba is for them and a
beautiful place of (final) return.) `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that
Ibn `Abbas said that Tuba means, "Happiness and comfort or
refreshment of the eye.'' `Ikrimah said that Tuba means, "How
excellent is what they earned,'' while Ad-Dahhak said, "A joy
for them.'' Furthermore, Ibrahim An-Nakh`i said that Tuba means,
"Better for them,'' while Qatadah said that it is an Arabic word
that means, `you have earned a good thing.' In another narration,
Qatadah said that `Tuba for them' means, "It is excellent for
them,''
﴿وَحُسْنُ
مَـَابٍ﴾
(and
a beautiful place of return.) and final destination. These meanings
for Tuba are all synonymous and they do not contradict one another.
Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri said that a man asked,
"O Allah's Messenger! Tuba for those who saw you and believed in
you!'' The Prophet said,
«طُوبَى
لِمَنْ رَآنِي وَآمَنَ بِي، وَطُوبَى
ثُمَّ طُوبَى ثُمَّ طُوبَى لِمَنْ آمَنَ
بِي وَلَمْ يَرَنِي»
(Tuba
is for he who saw me and believed in me. Tuba, and another Tuba, and
another Tuba for he who believed in me, but did not see me.) A man
asked, "What is Tuba'' The Prophet said,
«شَجَرَةٌ
فِي الْجَنَّةِ مَسِيرَتُهَا مِائَةُ
عَامٍ ثِيَابُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ تَخْرُجُ
مِنْ أَكْمَامِهَا»
(A
tree in Paradise whose width is a hundred years, and the clothes of
the people of Paradise are taken from its bark.) Al-Bukhari and
Muslim recorded that Sahl bin Sa`d said that the Messenger of Allah
said,
«إِنَّ
فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ
الرَّاكِبُ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ
لَا يَقْطَعُهَا»
(There
is a tree in Paradise, if a rider travels in its shade for one
hundred years, he would not be able to cross it.) An-Nu`man bin Abi
`Ayyash Az-Zuraqi added, "Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri narrated to me
that the Prophet said,
«إِنَّ
فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ
الرَّاكِبُ الْجَوَادَ الْمُضَمَّرَ
السَّرِيعَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ مَا يَقْطَعُهَا»
(There
is a tree in Paradise, if a rider travels in its shade on a fast,
sleek horse for one hundred years, he would not be able to cross
it.)'' In his Sahih, Imam Muslim recorded that Abu Dharr narrated
that the Messenger of Allah said that Allah the Exalted and Most
Honored said,
«يَا
عِبَادِي لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ
وَآخِرَكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ
قَامُوا فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ فَسَأَلُونِي
فَأَعْطَيْتُ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ مَسْأَلَتَهُ
مَا نَقَصَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ مُلْكِي شَيْئًا
إِلَّا كَمَا يَنْقُصُ الْمِخْيَطُ إِذَا
أُدْخِلَ فِي الْبَحْر»
(O
My slaves! If the first and the last among you, mankind and Jinns
among you, stood in one spot and asked Me and I gave each person what
he asked, it will not decrease from My dominion, except what the
needle decreases (or carries) when entered into the sea.) Khalid bin
Ma`ddan said, "There is a tree in Paradise called Tuba, that has
breasts that nurse the children of the people of Paradise. Verily,
the miscarriage of a woman will be swimming in one of the rivers of
Paradise until the Day of Resurrection commences, when he will be
gathered with people while forty years of age.'' Ibn Abi Hatim
collected this statement.