And Someone asked: “What is Sabiqoon”
Answer: “Sabiqoon are righteous people that not only do a lot of hasanat (Good deeds) to get closer and closer to Allah but when they see someone doing more, earning more, getting even closer to our Lord they become very competitive and they race to outdo others so to become the one clostest possible to Allah. Thus As-saabiqoon.
وَٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّـٰبِقُونَ
They aya reads As-sabiqoon us-sabiqoon. Meaning if they were the front runners in seeking good deeds here then they shall be the front runners in the next life, ie amongst the first to enter paradise.
The very next verse says “ulaa ikal Muqarraboon”. They will be brought nearest to Allah. In Al Jannah. May Allah grant us that station. Ameen.”
More details:
7. Sabiqoon (the foremost) implies the people who excelled others in virtue and love of the truth and in good works and responded to the call of Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) before others. They were also in the forefront in their response to the call for jihad, for spending their wealth for the sake of the needy and for public services, or for inviting others to virtue and truth. In short, they are ever ready for spreading the good and wiping out evil and making sacrifices and exerting themselves whenever there was need for it. On this very basis, in the Hereafter too, they will be placed in the forefront.
Thus, mankind, so to say, will be ranged in Allah’s court like this: On the right hand, there will be the righteous, on the left the wicked, and in the forefront (nearest in divine presence) the Sabiqoon (the foremost in faith and good deeds). According to a Hadith reported by Aishah the Prophet (peace be upon him) asked the people: Do you know who, on the Day of Resurrection, will he the first to be accommodated under the divine shade? The people said Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) only had the best knowledge. Thereupon the Prophet (peace be upon him) replied: Those who were such that when the truth was presented before them, they accepted it forthwith; when a right was asked of them, they discharged it gracefully; and their decision in respect of others was the same as in respect of their own selves. (Musnad Ahmad).
