“There is no [true] bliss, nor any delight, joy, or
completeness for him, except in knowing Allaah, loving Him, being
tranquil in the remembrance of Him, feeling delighted in drawing closer
to Him and in yearning to meet Him; this being the paradise of the
worldly life! Likewise, there is no delight or success for him in the
Afterlife, except with his being enveloped in the Abode of Bliss in the
Paradise of the next life. So there are for him two paradises,
he will not enter the latter without first entering the former.”

Transcribed from: The Exquisite Pearl, the Journey to Allaah & the Home of the Hereafter.
al-durraat al-fakhiraah | Shaykh ‘Abd Al-Rahman al-Sa’di