[2:214] Or did you suppose that you should enter Paradise without there having come upon you the like of those who passed away before you? They were afflicted by misery and hardship and were so convulsed that the Messenger and those who believed with him said, 'When will God's help come?' Ah, but surely God's help is nigh.
God created Paradise and surrounded it with difficulties. He created the Fire and surrounded it with carnal desires and cravings. Anyone who is too shy to ride the terrors will be kept from realizing [his] hopes. Verily the Real (s) tested the ancients with the endurance of all kinds of hardships. He causes any one who has joined behind the friends to be included in their path and they share in their adversities
Anyone who thinks otherwise thinks a mirage is water. A dream does not produce what one imagines by way of interpretation. The way (sunna) of God (s) has come to pass with the friends so that they only came to rest in the courtyard of victory after commanding the open spaces of desperation. Although their anticipation is prolonged, kindness comes to them all of a sudden and what they strove for is unexpectedly realized. God Most High said, 'Ah, but surely God's help is nigh'.