Day of Judgement, the greatest of them shall be His riḍāˈ (Him being pleased with them).”

He says in His Quran:

وَ رِضۡوَانٌ مِّنَ اللّٰہِ اَکۡبَرُ ؕ

And the greatest (Bounty) is the pleasure of Allah.^[1]

“The greatest bounty of Paradise is Allah being eternally pleased with its inhabitants. He shall never be displeased with them.”^[2] 

A hadith says, “Allah will reveal a ˹divine˺ tajallī for the people of faith and say, ‘Ask from Me.’ Upon this, the people of Paradise will say, ‘O Allah, we desire You to be pleased.’”^[3]

Reflect! When the people of Paradise have arrived in Paradise itself, they shall still ask for Allah to be pleased with them. This highlights how Allah being pleased with someone, is the greatest gift and reward of the Hereafter.

How is this acquired? How does a person attain the greatest reward of the Hereafter? Imam Muḥammad al-Ghazālī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه explains this by saying, “This (the greatest bounty of the Hereafter) is only attained when a person was pleased with Allah in this world.”

Once, the Banī Isrā’īl asked Prophet Mūsā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام, “O Prophet of Allah! Kindly ask Allah of an action we can do, which shall make Him pleased with us.” Prophet Mūsā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام mentioned this request to Allah, to