# Your Only Regret in Jannah | Episode 30 **Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman **Series:** Jannah: Home at Last **Published:** 2023-04-20 **YouTube:** https://youtu.be/1UnFpG0-tRM **URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/your-only-regret-in-jannah-episode-30 **Topics:** Afterlife, Faith ## Description If you were to ask someone in Jannah what they wished for, what do you think they’d say? Would they want more exquisite jewelry? More delicious food? More time with the angels or the prophets? No—they’d ask only to go back to Earth to do more good deeds, to strive and die again and again in the way... ## Transcript **[0:00]** Ya Rabb, forgive me for not being able to do more. Forgive me for those nights that I stayed sleeping. Forgive me for those days that I was too lazy to volunteer. **[0:16]** Forgive me for those times I held back what I knew I could do for Your sake. Forgive me for those times I lost my temper even though I knew that Your pleasure was going to be there for me if I would have held it. Forgive me, O Allah, for not doing more. **[0:34]** SubhanAllah, one of the things that happens when you connect to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the way that you do in these intense seasons, is that the relationship becomes more personal. It's not just anymore about reward and punishments. **[0:51]** It's a connection to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala himself. And just as the greatest gift in paradise is being able to see him day and night, the greatest gift in this world is to develop a relationship with him **[1:07]** to where your greatest joy becomes his joy and your greatest disappointment becomes when you displease him. **[1:27]** Abu Darda radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, when he was passing away, he said, if there were three things not in this dunya, I wouldn't have been able to live in this world. Now, if you think about the things you enjoy most, most people will mention material things. **[1:44]** Most people will mention, you know, things that they used to have, things that they used to do for fun. But Abu Darda radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu said, it was three things that made this life enjoyable. He said the joy of spending a hot summer noon in thirst because of fasting. **[2:00]** And he said the joy of prostrating before Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in the later part of the night. And he said the joy of sitting in the companionship of pious people whose conversation is full of reflection and wisdom like fruits from a fruit garden. **[2:18]** This is what he said was his joy in this dunya. What do you think would be his joy in the hereafter? And I ask you after you worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala intensely, have you ever felt a joy greater than that worship? And when you leave this world, don't you think you'll miss it? **[2:37]** Because you have an opportunity to please Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and that door is closing and closing and closing. And you want to meet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, having put forth the best of what you could put forth. And subhanAllah, this is true even of the best of people. **[2:54]** Abdullah bin Mas'ud radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, he was asked by his students about the ayah, That think not of those who are killed in the way of Allah as dead, **[3:11]** rather they are alive, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord. So they asked Abdullah bin Mas'ud radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu, what is the meaning of this ayah? And he said that the Prophet sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam said, the souls of the shuhada live in the bodies of green birds **[3:27]** and they have their nests in chandeliers hung from the throne of the most merciful. They eat from the fruits of paradise whenever they want to. They eat from the fruits of paradise from wherever they like. And then they nestle in these chandeliers. **[3:42]** And once their Lord cast a glance at them and said, do you want anything? They said, Ya Rabb, what more shall we desire? We eat the fruit of paradise from wherever we like. And then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala asked them again. And when they saw that Allah was persistent in asking them, do you want anything? **[4:03]** They said, Ya Rabb, we wish that you could return our souls to our bodies so that we could be slain in your way again and again and again. And when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala saw that they had no need beyond that, Allah azawajal left them to their joy in heaven. **[4:19]** The Prophet sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam said, no one who enters paradise would love to return to this world, even if he could have everything on earth. Nothing would make you want to come back from this world. Nothing that could be possessed would make you want to come back. He said, except for the shaheed, the martyr who would wish to be returned to this world **[4:39]** and be slain 10 more times for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, not because they like the blood, not because they like the gore of it, not because they like persecution, not because they like to be killed, but because of what they see of Allah's mercy. Like Allah is so worth it. **[4:54]** Allah deserves so much from us. And it's just out of love for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that a person would be willing to sacrifice everything for him at any point. And Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wa sallam himself, he said, I would love to be a shaheed in Allah's cause and then be resurrected **[5:12]** and again be a shaheed and then be resurrected and then again be a shaheed and then be resurrected and then again be a shaheed. This is not about loving death. This is about loving sacrificing for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala because you see the sweetness of sacrifice and the generosity of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in paradise. **[5:33]** And the regret of missing Jannah is the regret of the people of hellfire. The regret of the people of Jannah is that they could have done more for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. You see, you get to a point in your relationship with Allah that you enjoy doing for Him because you love Him so much. **[5:50]** That doesn't mean you don't want His reward. That means the greatest reward is in knowing that you are pleasing Him. And your only regret is that you'll never be able to do for Him what He does for you. ## Other Episodes in "Jannah: Home at Last" - [What We Still Don't Know About Jannah | Episode 29](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/what-we-still-dont-know-about-jannah-episode-29.md) - [5 Du’as for Jannah | Episode 28](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/5-duas-for-jannah-episode-28.md) - [Seeing Allah in Jannah | Episode 27](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/seeing-allah-in-jannah-episode-27.md) - [Jannat al-Firdaus | Episode 26](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/jannat-al-firdaus-episode-26.md) - [The Inheritance of the Believer | Episode 25](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/the-inheritance-of-the-believer-episode-25.md) - [What Dhikr Will You Make in Jannah? | Episode 24](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/what-dhikr-will-you-make-in-jannah-episode-24.md) - [The Sound of Jannah | Episode 23](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/the-sound-of-jannah-episode-23.md) - [Servants and Pets in Jannah | Episode 22](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/servants-and-pets-in-jannah-episode-22.md) - [Meeting Your Angels in Jannah | Episode 21](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/meeting-your-angels-in-jannah-episode-21.md) - [Scenes of the Sahaba in Jannah | Episode 20](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/scenes-of-the-sahaba-in-jannah-episode-20.md) - [The Market of Jannah | Episode 19](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/the-market-of-jannah-episode-19.md) - [The Different Levels of Jannah | Episode 18](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/the-different-levels-of-jannah-episode-18.md) - [Jannah’s Thrones and Couches | Episode 17](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/jannahs-thrones-and-couches-episode-17.md) - [Do You See Your Enemies in Jannah? | Episode 16](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/seeing-your-enemies-in-jannah-episode-16.md) - [Your Friends in Jannah | Episode 15](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/your-friends-in-jannah-episode-15.md) - [Your Family in Jannah | Episode 14](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/your-family-in-jannah-episode-14.md) - [Can You Have Anything You Want in Jannah? | Episode 13](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/can-you-have-anything-you-want-in-jannah-episode-13.md) - [Your Clothes in Jannah | Episode 12](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/your-clothes-in-jannah-episode-12.md) - [What Will You Eat in Jannah | Episode 11](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/what-will-you-eat-in-jannah-episode-11.md) - [The Four Rivers of Jannah | Episode 10](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/the-four-rivers-of-jannah-episode-10.md) - [How to Plant Trees in Jannah | Episode 9](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/how-to-plant-trees-in-jannah-episode-9.md) - [The Gardens of Jannah | Episode 8](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/the-gardens-of-jannah-episode-8.md) - [The Fragrance and Weather of Jannah | Episode 7](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/the-fragrance-and-weather-of-jannah-episode-7.md) - [10 Deeds That Build Houses in Jannah | Episode 6](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/10-deeds-that-build-houses-in-jannah-episode-6.md) - [Your Home in Jannah | Episode 5](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/your-home-in-jannah-episode-5.md) - [Your Jannah Welcoming | Episode 4](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/your-jannah-welcoming-episode-4.md) - [How Do You Look in Jannah? | Episode 3](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/how-do-you-look-in-jannah-episode-3.md) - [The Moment You Get to Jannah | Episode 2](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/the-moment-you-get-to-jannah-episode-2.md) - [Jannah Is Waiting for You | Episode 1](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/jannah-is-waiting-for-you-episode-1.md) - [Trailer: Jannah: Home at Last | Ramadan Series](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/jannah-home-at-last/trailer-jannah-home-at-last-ramadan-series.md)