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actions will be in the lush Meadows of the of the believers into Gardens with rivers flowing
Gardens. They will have whatever they wish for under them, remaining in them timelessly, for
with their Lord. That is the great favour. (42:22) ever, and erase their bad actions from them; and
(Believers will be told,) ‘Enter the Garden, you in Allah’s sight that is a mighty victory. (48:5)
and your wives, delighting in your joy.’ Platters There is no constraint on the blind, nor on the
and cups of gold will be passed around among lame, nor on the sick. We will admit all who
them and they will have there all that their hearts obey Allah and His Messenger into Gardens with
desire and their eyes find delight in. You will re- rivers flowing under them. But We will punish
main in it timelessly, for ever. That is the Garden with a painful punishment anyone who turns his
you will inherit for what you did. There will be back. (48:17)
many fruits in it for you to eat. (43:70-73) And the Garden will be brought up close to the
The people who guard against evil will be in a heedful, not far away: ‘This is what you were
safe place amid gardens and fountains, wearing promised. It is for every careful penitent: those
fine silk and rich brocade, face to face with one who fear the All-Merciful in the Unseen and
another. So it will be. We will marry them to come with a contrite heart. Enter it in peace. This
dark-eyed maidens. They will call there for fruit is the Day of Timeless Eternity.’ They will have
of every kind, in complete security. They will not there everything they want and with Us there is
taste any death there–except for the first one. He still more. (50:31-35)
will safeguard them from the punishment of the The heedful will be among Gardens and
Blazing Fire. A favour from your Lord. That is the Fountains, receiving what their Lord has given
Great Victory. (44:51-57) them. Certainly before that they were good-
Such people are the Companions of the Garden, doers. (51:15-16)
remaining in it timelessly, for ever, as repayment The people who guard against evil will be in
for what they did. (46:14) Gardens of Delight, savouring what their Lord
Those are people whose best deeds will be ac- has given them. Their Lord will safeguard them
cepted and whose wrong deeds will be over- from the punishment of the Blazing Fire: ‘Eat and
looked. They are among the Companions of the drink with relish for what you did.’ They will re-
Garden, in fulfilment of the true promise made to cline on couches ranged in rows and We will
them. (46:16) marry them to dark-eyed maidens. (52:17-20)
And He will admit them into the Garden which We will supply them with any kind of fruit and
He has made known to them. (47: 6) meat that they desire. They will pass round there
Allah will admit those who believe to Gardens a drinking cup to one another with no foolish talk
with rivers flowing under them. Those who dis- and no wrong action in it. Circulating among
believe have their enjoyment, eating as cattle them there will be youths like hidden pearls.
eat, but the Fire will be their final residence. Some of them will come up to others and they
(47:12) will question one another. They will say,
An image of the Garden which is promised to ‘Beforehand we used live in fear among our fam-
those who guard against evil: in it there are rivers ilies. But Allah was gracious to us and safe-
of water which will never spoil and rivers of milk guarded us from the punishment of the searing
whose taste will never change and rivers of wine, wind.’ (52:22-27)
delightful to all who drink it, and rivers of honey He saw him again another time by the Lote-tree
of undiluted purity; in it they will have fruit of of the Final Limit, beside which is the Garden of
every kind and forgiveness from their Lord. Is that Refuge. (53:13-15)
like those who will be in the Fire timelessly, for The people who guard against evil will be amid
ever, with boiling water to drink which lacerates Gardens and Rivers. (54:54)
their bowels? (47:15) For those who fear the Station of their Lord there
(It is) so that He may admit the men and women are two Gardens. (55:46)
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