58. The Real Contest

عن أَنَسِ بن مَالِكٍ قال قال رسول اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حُفَّتْ الْجَنَّةُ بِالْمَكَارِهِ وَحُفَّتْ النَّارُ بِالشَّهَوَاتِ

Anas ibn Malik (rta) said that God’s Messenger (sws) stated: “Paradise is encircled with hardships and Hell is encircled with desires.”[1]

[1]. Muslim, Al-Jami‘ al-sahih, vol.4, 2174, (no. 2822).