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JANNAH:
The Garden from
the Qur’an and Hadith
slaves in the Garden. Our Lord has revealed that He will be pleased with
His faithful slaves when they enter the Garden and they will be pleased
with Him (Surat al-Bayyina: 8). However, just as in this world everyone
takes a different pleasure and delight from the same blessings, so in the
Garden the degree of pleasure taken from the blessings there may be dif-
ferent. Allah knows best. For example, everyone enjoys looking at a beau-
tiful view but, those whose hearts are closer to Allah and who more great-
ly appreciate His majesty, may derive greater pleasure from these bless-
ings. In one verse of the Qur’an, Allah describes the qualities of those
slaves who will be worthy of high rank:
Those who have iman and make hijra and strive in the Way of Allah
with their wealth and themselves have a higher rank with Allah.
They are the ones who are victorious. (Surat at-Tawba: 20)
We are also told about the ranks of the Garden in the hadith:
There are a hundred levels in the Garden, any one of which en-
compasses all the worlds. (Ahmad Diya ad-Din al-
Kamushkhanawi, Ramuz al-Ahadith, vol. 1, p. 125/8)
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