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JANNAH:
The Garden from
the Qur’an and Hadith

They Have Won the Favour of Allah:
In the Garden, Allah offers limitless blessings to those of His slaves
who have pleased Him, but above all other blessings, is the fact that they

have won Allah’s favour. They have given their worldly goods to earn
His pleasure and dedicated their lives to Him. In the Garden, they enjoy
the pure happiness of having attained their lives’ goal. In the Qur’an,
Allah tells us what a great blessing it is to earn His favour:
Allah has promised the men and women of the muminun Gardens
with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for
ever, 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)
Another verse reveals that believers will enjoy every type of happi-
ness in the Garden:

O self at rest and at peace, return to your Lord, well-pleasing and
well-pleased! Enter among My slaves! Enter My Garden. (Surat al-
Fajr: 27-30)
Their reward is with their Lord: Gardens of Eden with rivers flow-
ing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever and ever.
Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. That is
for those who fear their Lord. (Surat al-Bayyina: 8)

In a hadith we are told that the people of the Garden are pleased in
Allah’s Presence:
So they will say, “At Your service, and Your good pleasure, and all
good is in Your hands.” He will say, “Are you pleased?” They will

say, “Why should we not be pleased, Lord, when You have given us
that which You have not any others of Your creatures?” He will say,
“Should I not give you better than that?” They will say, “Lord, what

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