Page 54 - Paradise: The Believers' Real Home

WHERE BELIEVERS LIVE

IN PARADISE

Allah has promised the men and women of the believers
Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining in
them timelessly, forever, and fine dwellings in the Gardens
of Eden. And Allah's good pleasure is even greater. That is
the great victory. (Surat at-Tawba: 72)

As we said earlier, the houses where believers live their
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b built and in which His name is remembered" (Surat an-Nur,
36), places that are cared for and kept spotlessly clean accord-
ing to Allah's command. Houses in Paradise are like these, in
that they are incomparably refreshing places in which Allah is
remembered and offered thanksgiving.
In the same way as these beautiful houses and mansions
may be built amid natural beauty, it is also possible that they
may have been built in outstandingly modern cities with aes-
thetically beautiful architecture and superior technology.