A: These Ayahs have not been abrogated; rather, they are Muhkamat (clearly decided Qur'anic verses, mostly concerning legal rulings). The scholars differed as to the meaning of Allah's Statement: except as your Lord wills. but they are agreed that the delight of the people of Jannah
will be everlasting and eternal; it will never cease or come to an end, and they will never be expelled from it. Hence after that, Allah (Exalted be He) says: a gift without an end. to refute what some people may imagine, that some may be expelled from Jannah, for they will abide therein forever. Therefore, Allah (Glorified be He) says: "Truly! The Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2:2) will be amidst Gardens and water-springs (Paradise). "(It will be said to them): ' Enter therein (Paradise), in peace and security.' Allah (Exalted be He) states that they will be safe from death, safe from expulsion and safe from sickness. Hence, He (Glorified and Exalted be He) says: "And We shall remove from their breasts any deep feeling of bitterness (that they may have). (So they will be like) brothers facing each other on thrones. "No sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave it." So, Allah states that they will abide therein forever and will never be expelled from it and will never die. Allah (Exalted be He) says: Verily, the Muttaqûn (the pious. See V.2:2), will be in place of Security (Paradise). Among Gardens and Springs, Dressed in fine silk and (also) in thick silk, facing each other, So (it will be). And We shall marry them to Hûr (fair female) with wide, lovely eyes. They will call therein for every kind of fruit in peace and security; They will never taste death therein except the first death (of this world), and He will save them from the torment of the blazing Fire, As a Bounty from your Lord! That will be the supreme success!
So, Allah (Glorified be He) tells us that the people of the Jannah will be in a place of security where they will never be exposed to destruction and where the blessing will never be taken away from them. They will also be safe, and they will not face the danger of death, sickness, expulsion and they will never die. Some of the scholars said that the phrase except as your Lord wills. refers to the extent of their stay in the grave rather than in Jannah, for although the Mu'min (believer) will be in one of the gardens and delights of Jannah, still that will not be Jannah itself, rather, it is a part of it, for a door will be opened from Jannah for the Mu'min in their grave, and some of its fragrance, goodness and blessings will reach them. Then after that they will be transferred to Jannah which is high above the heavens. Some of the scholars said that what is meant by the phrase: except as your Lord wills. is the length of their standing in the place of Resurrection, for Judgment and reward or punishment, after they have been brought forth from their graves; then after that they will go to Jannah. And, some of the scholars said that the meaning includes both things, the time that they spend in their graves and the time that they spend in the place of standing (on the Day of Judgment), and their passage across the Sirat (the bridge over the Fire). During all of these places they are not in Jannah, but they will move from these places to Jannah. Hence, we know that the matter is clear and there is nothing unclear or doubtful in it.
The people of Jannah will be blessed therein and will abide therein forever. There will be no death, no sickness, no expulsion, no hardship, no grief, no menstruation, no post-postpartum bleeding; rather, they will be in everlasting delight and goodness. Similarly, the inmates of Hell-Fire will abide in it forever; they will not be brought out of it. In their respect, Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) says: Neither will it have a complete killing effect on them so that they die, nor shall its torment be lightened for them. Thus do We requite every disbeliever! There are so many Ayahs to the same effect. As for Allah's Saying concerning them: except as your Lord wills. it refers to the time they will spend in their graves, or the time they will spend standing on the Day of Resurrection. After that they will be driven to Hell, where they will abide for eternity. In their respect, Allah (Exalted be He) says in Surah Al-Baqarah: Thus Allâh will show them their deeds as regrets for them. And they will never get out of the Fire. And, in Surah Al-Mai'dah: They will long to get out of the Fire, but never will they get out therefrom; and theirs will be a lasting torment. May Allah grant us success.