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SILVER BRACELETS
They will wear green garments of fine silk and rich brocade. They
will be adorned with silver bracelets. And their Lord will give them a
pure draught to drink. (Surat al-Insan, 21)

PRECIOUS STONES IN THE QUR'AN

Coral
From out of them come glistening pearls and coral. (Surat ar-Rah-
man, 22)
Like precious gems of ruby and coral. (Surat ar-Rahman, 58)
Ruby
Like precious gems of ruby and coral. (Surat ar-Rahman, 58)
Pearl
From out of them come glistening pearls and coral. (Surat ar-Rah-
man, 22)
And dark-eyed maidens like hidden pearls. (Surat al-Waqi'a, 23)
But Allah will admit those who believe and do right actions into
Gardens with rivers flowing under them where they will be adorned
with gold bracelets and pearls, and where their clothing will be of silk.
(Surat al-Hajj, 23)
Allah Uses Pearls in Metaphors
And dark-eyed maidens like hidden pearls. (Surat al-Waqi'a, 23)
Circulating among them there will be youths like hidden pearls.
(Surat at-Tur, 24)
Gold as a Flower of the Life of This World
To mankind the love of worldly appetites is painted in glowing
colours: women and children, and heaped-up mounds of gold and sil-
ver, and horses with fine markings, and livestock and fertile farmland.
All that is merely the enjoyment of the life of this world. The best
homecoming is in the presence of Allah. (Surah Al 'Imran, 14)
Why have gold bracelets not been put upon his arms and why is
there not a train of angels accompanying him?' (Surat az-Zukhruf, 53)