Paradise was made from a portion of the light of Allah’s Messenger        صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. He صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم himself is in that city. What can one then say about the very city in which Allah’s Messenger currently resides? This is the city of Medinah. Why then should devotees not say  اَلْمَدِینَۃُ کُلُّہَا جَنَّۃُ الْفِرْدَوْس, “Medina in its entirety is Jannat al-Firdaws.”

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Paradise is where the beloved resides

Dear Islamic brothers! Keep the following in mind. The ʿArsh, Kursī, the Preserved Tablet, the Pen, Paradise and all its bounties, were all made from the light of our beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. As for the excellences all these things have, they too are by virtue of the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

To explain this matter further, let’s look at what Allah declares in the Quran:

لَاۤ  اُقْسِمُ  بِہٰذَا الْبَلَدِ ۙ(۱(

I swear by this city ^[1]

In this verse, Allah takes an oath by the city of Mecca. Why did He do this? Why was Mecca given this honour? Is it because the Kaaba is there? Is it because of Safa and Marwa? Is it due to Mina, Muzdalifa, or Arafat? Or is it because that is where hajj is performed and where people perform ṭawāf? Mecca has many, many more unique qualities besides these. Are any of these why Allah took oath by this city? No, but rather, in the next verse, Allah Almighty states:

وَ اَنْتَ حِلٌّۢ بِہٰذَا الْبَلَدِ ۙ(۲)