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n this world human life may last 6-7 decades
                                       on average, which is a very short time. Allah
                                      tells us in the Qur’an the kinds of things peo-
                                      ple will say about their earthly lives on the
                                      Last Day:

                                     He will say, “How many years did you tarry on
                                     the earth?” They will say, “We tarried there for
                                    a day or part of a day. Ask those able to count!”
                                    (Surat al-Muminun: 112-113)
                                        However, in the Garden life is limitless.
                                   Allah tells us in the Qur’an that the believers will
                                   be immortal and that their blessings will be eter-
                                   nal; “They will not taste any death there – except
                                  for the first one…” (Surat ad-Dukhan: 56). We
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