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come and read my Book! I counted on meeting my Reckoning.' He will
have a very pleasant life in an elevated Garden, its ripe fruit hanging
close to hand. 'Eat and drink with relish for what you did before in
days gone by!' (Surat al-Haqqa, 19-24)
Allah Will Make Them Live in the Great Kingdom
and Splendour of Paradise
Seeing them, you see delight and a great kingdom. (Surat al-Insan, 20)
They will be reclining on couches lined with rich brocade, the fruits
of the Gardens hanging close to hand. (Surat ar-Rahman, 54)
They Will be Admitted into Gardens
with Rivers Flowing under Them
But as for those who believe and do right actions, We will admit them
into Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them time-
lessly, for ever and ever. In them they will have spouses of perfect purity
and We will admit them into cool, refreshing shade. (Surat an-Nisa', 57)
He will forgive you your wrong actions and admit you into Gardens
with rivers flowing under them, and fine dwellings in the Gardens of
Eden. That is the Great Victory. (Surat as-Saff, 12)
Blessed be He Who, if He wishes, will grant you better than that:
Gardens with rivers flowing under them; and He will grant you
Palaces. (Surat al-Furqan, 10)
An image of the Garden which is promised to those who guard
against evil: in it there are rivers of water which will never spoil and
rivers of milk whose taste will never change and rivers of wine, de-
lightful to all who drink it, and rivers of honey of undiluted purity; in
it they will have fruit of every kind and forgiveness from their Lord...
(Surah Muhammad, 15)
They Will Settle Amid Springs and Fountains
The people who guard against evil will be amid shade and foun-
tains. (Surat al-Mursalat, 41)
In it there is a flowing spring called Salsabil. (Surat al-Insan, 18)
Paradise is Green
Of deep viridian green. (Surat ar-Rahman, 64)
Shaded by spreading branches. (Surat ar-Rahman, 48)