Forty Hadith Qudsi
Hadith 39, 40 Hadith Qudsi
عَنْ أَبي سَعيدٍ الْخُدْريّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ عَن النَّبِيّ صَلَّى الله عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ قَالَ : احْتَجَّتِ الجَنَّةُ والنَّارُ فَقَالتِ النَّارُ : فِيَّ الجَبَّارونَ والمُتكَبَّرونَ وَقَالتِ الجَنَّةُ : فِيّ ضُعَفاءُ النَّاسِ ومساكينُهُمْ فَقَضَى اللهُ بَيْنَهُما : إِنَّكِ الجَنَّةُ رَحْمَتِي أَرْحَمُ بِكِ مَنْ أَشاءُ، وإنكِ النارُ عذابي ، أُعَذِبُ بِكِ من أشاءُ ، وَلِكلَيْكُما عَلَيَّ مِلْؤُها (رواه مسلم (وكذلك البخاري والترمذي
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
On the authority of Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, from the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him: Paradise and the Fire argued with one another. The Fire said, ‘Within me are the mighty and the arrogant.’ Paradise said, ‘Within me are the weak and the poor.’ Allah judged between them, saying, ‘You are Paradise; you are My mercy, through which I show mercy to whomever I will. And you are the Fire; you are My punishment, through which I punish whomever I will. Each of you will be filled, and that is incumbent upon Me.’
Muslim related it (and likewise al-Bukhari and al-Tirmidhi).
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَلِكلَيْكُما عَلَيَّ مِلْؤُها
The Arabic has a nonstandard spelling/spacing in the statement that both the Fire and Paradise will be filled; translated from the evident wording.
Should the spelling be normalized in a later source editorial pass?
أُعَذِبُ بِكِ من أشاءُ ،
The English witness expands the relation with ‘through you’; the Arabic says ‘I punish by you / through you’ and this translation retains that direct wording.
Is the preposition rendered appropriately in context?