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the final fate of the disbelievers is the Fire. better than that: Gardens with rivers flowing under
(13:35) them; and He will grant you Palaces. (25:10)
Those who believed and did right actions will be He Who made the earth a stable dwelling place
admitted into Gardens with rivers flowing under and appointed rivers flowing through its midst
them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever by and placed firmly embedded mountains on it
the permission of their Lord. Their greeting there and set a barrier between the two seas. Is there
is ‘Peace!’ (14:23) another god besides Allah? No indeed, but most
Allah is He Who created the heavens and the of them do not know it! (27:61)
earth and sends down water from the sky and by As for those who believe and do right actions,
it brings forth fruits as provision for you. He has We will lodge them in lofty chambers in the
made the ships subservient to you to run upon Garden, with rivers flowing under them, remain-
the sea by His command, and He has made the ing in them timelessly, for ever. How excellent is
rivers subservient to you. (14:32) the reward of those who act. (29:58)
He cast firmly embedded mountains on the earth But those who have fear of their Lord will have
so it would not move under you, and rivers and high-ceilinged Halls, and more such Halls built
pathways so that hopefully you would be guided. one above the other, and rivers flowing under
(16:15) them. That is Allah’s promise. Allah does not
Gardens of Eden which they enter, with rivers break His promise. (39:20)
flowing under them, where they have whatever Pharaoh called to his people, saying, ‘My peo-
they desire. That is how Allah repays those who ple, does the kingdom of Egypt not belong to me?
guard against evil. (16:31) Do not all these rivers flow under my control? Do
They say, ‘We will not believe you until you you not then see?’ (43:51)
make a spring gush out from the earth for us; or Allah will admit those who believe to Gardens
have a garden of dates and grapes which you with rivers flowing under them. Those who dis-
make rivers come pouring through.’ (17:90-91) believe have their enjoyment, eating as cattle
They will have Gardens of Eden with rivers flow- eat, but the Fire will be their final residence.
ing under them. They will be adorned in them (47:12)
with bracelets made of gold and wear green gar- An image of the Garden which is promised to
ments made of the finest silk and rich brocade, those who guard against evil: in it there are rivers
reclining there on couches under canopies. of water which will never spoil and rivers of milk
What an excellent reward! What a wonderful re- whose taste will never change and rivers of wine,
pose! (18:31) delightful to all who drink it, and rivers of honey
Both gardens yielded their crops and did not suf- of undiluted purity; in it they will have fruit of
fer any loss, and We made a river flow right every kind and forgiveness from their Lord. Is that
through the middle of them. (18:33) like those who will be in the Fire timelessly, for
Gardens of Eden with rivers flowing under them, ever, with boiling water to drink which lacerates
remaining in them timelessly, for ever. That is the their bowels? (47:15)
reward of those who purify themselves. (20:76) It is He Who sent down serenity into the hearts of
Allah will admit those who believe and do right the believers thereby increasing their faith with
actions into Gardens with rivers flowing under more faith–the legions of the heavens and the
them. Allah does whatever He wishes. (22:14) earth belong to Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-
But Allah will admit those who believe and do Wise–so that He may admit the men and women
right actions into Gardens with rivers flowing of the believers into Gardens with rivers flowing
under them where they will be adorned with gold under them, remaining in them timelessly, for
bracelets and pearls, and where their clothing will ever, and erase their bad actions from them; and
be of silk. (22:23) in Allah’s sight that is a mighty victory. (48:4-5)
Blessed be He Who, if He wishes, will grant you There is no constraint on the blind, nor on the
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