JANNAH IS ALREADY CREATED

 FAJR REMINDER: JANNAH IS ALREADY CREATED

By: Umm Affān

Shawwāl 20, 1447 (8-April-2026)

The correct belief is that Jannah (Paradise) has already been created and prepared. Allāh says: “Race one with another in hastening towards Forgiveness from your Lord (Allāh), and towards Paradise, the width whereof is as the width of heaven and earth, prepared for those who believe in Allāh and His Messengers. That is the Grace of Allāh which He bestows on whom He pleases. And Allāh is the Owner of Great Bounty.” [Sūrah Al-Ḥadīd (57): 21]

Abū Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said, “When Allāh created Paradise and Hellfire... Allāh said (O Jibreel): ‘Go to the Hellfire and behold it and what I have prepared therein for its people.’ Jibreel saw that it was layered, one above the other. He returned to Allāh and said: ‘By Your Might, no one who hears of it will enter it.’ Allāh commanded that it be encircled by desires, and then instructed: ‘Return to it.’ Upon his return, Jibreel stated: ‘By Your Might, I fear that no one will escape it.’” [Sunan At-Tirmidhī 2560]

This noble Ḥadīth clearly establishes that both Paradise and Hellfire are already in existence. Jannah has been made ready as the eternal reward and dwelling place for the believers. Allāh says: “The description of the Paradise which the Muttaqūn (pious) have been promised! – Underneath it rivers flow, its provision is eternal and so is its shade, this is the end (final destination) of the Muttaqūn…” [Sūrah Ar-Rad (13): 35]

Among the delights that the believers will enjoy in Jannah is Tūbā. Allāh says: “Those who believe (in the Oneness of Allāh - Islāmic Monotheism), and work righteousness, Tūbā (it means all kinds of happiness or name of a tree in Paradise) is for them and a beautiful place of (final) return.” [Sūrah Ar-Rad (13): 29]

But what exactly is Tūbā? Abū Sa’īd al-Khudri reported: A man said to the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) “What is Tūbā (13:29)?” The Prophet said, “It is a tree in Paradise as wide as a hundred years of travel. The clothes of the people of Paradise will come from its leaves.” [Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 7573]

Likewise, Abū Hurayrah reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Verily, in Paradise there is a tree in whose shade a rider could travel for one hundred years. Recite the verse if you wish, ‘And shade extended,’ (56:30). The space of one of your bows in Paradise is better than everything over which the sun rises and sets.” [Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3252, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2826] He (ﷺ) also said: “There is a tree in Paradise (so huge) that a fast (or a trained) rider may travel: for one hundred years without being able to cross it.” [Ṣaḥiḥ al-Bukhārī 6553]

Indeed, Jannah is unimaginably beautiful and magnificent. It contains every delight and blessing the soul could ever long for. Allāh says: “Therein you shall have (all) that your inner-selves desire, and therein you shall have (all) for which you ask. An entertainment from (Allāh), the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” [Sūrah Fuṣṣilat (41): 31-32]

I beseech Allāh, the Most High, to admit us into Paradise, especially Al-Firdaws, the highest level thereof. Aameen.