many people], then [they say: Our Lord! We have not left anyone in it whom You commanded us. Then He says: Return, and] whoever has in his heart the weight of half a dinar [bring him out. They bring out many people, then they say: Our Lord! We have not left anyone in it whom You commanded...], until He says: Bring out whoever has in his heart the weight of a speck. [They bring out many people], Abū Saʿīd said: Whoever does not believe in this ḥadīth, let him read this verse: "Indeed, Allāh does not wrong [even] as much as a speck; and if there is a good deed, He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward." (Al-Nisāʾ, 4:40); he said: They say: Our Lord! We have brought out whom You commanded us; there remains no one in the Fire who has any good in him. He said: Then Allāh says: The angels have interceded; the prophets have interceded; the believers have interceded; and there remains the Most Merciful of the merciful. He said: So He takes a handful from the Fire—or he said: two handfuls—of people who did no good at all; they have been burned until they became ashes. He said: They are brought to a water called (life); it is poured over them; and they sprout like the seed that grows on the bank of a stream; [you have seen it beside the rock; and beside the tree; what was in the sun was green; and what was in the shade was white]; he said: They emerge from their bodies like pearls; and around their necks is the seal; (in another narration: the seals): the freed ones of Allāh. He said: It is said to them: Enter Paradise; whatever you wish for and see is yours [and its like with it]. [The people of Paradise say: These are the freed ones of the Most Merciful, He admitted them to Paradise without any deed they did; nor any good they presented]. He said: They say: Our Lord! You have given us what You have not given to anyone among the worlds. He said: He says: Then you have with Me better than it. They say: Our Lord! And what is better