Why Is Paradise Described with Material Blessings Such as Gold and Pearls?

The reason people neglect spiritual matters and become preoccupied with and attached to the world is the world’s outward pleasures. In His mercy, God reminds His creatures that being deprived of the fleeting delights and pleasures of this life is no loss at all. Far greater and unimaginable joys await them in the Hereafter, where they will abide forever.

Indeed, the promise of Paradise’s outward delights is a reminder for believers who worship God in the hope of reward. But for those who worship Him solely for His good pleasure, there is a promise of something far greater: the pleasure of God Himself!

التوبة : 72 وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِناتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْري مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ خالِدينَ فيها وَ مَساكِنَ طَيِّبَةً في‏ جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ وَ رِضْوانٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ذلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظيمُ

God has promised believing men and women gardens beneath which rivers flow, where they will abide forever, and pure dwellings in gardens of everlasting bliss. Yet God’s pleasure is greater than all of this. That is the supreme triumph.

رضْوانٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ