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JANNAH:
The Garden from
the Qur’an and Hadith

will finally be wrapped in a few metres of cloth or put in-
to a coffin and buried in the ground, leaving all his

wealth behind. Allah tells us in the Qur’an that the bless-
ings of the world are transitory:
The metaphor of the life of the world is that of wa-
ter which We send down from the sky, and which
then mingles with the plants of the earth to provide

food for both people and animals. Then, when the
earth is at its loveliest and takes on its fairest guise
and its people think they have it under their con-
trol, Our command comes upon it by night or day
and We reduce it to dried-out stubble, as though it
had not been flourishing just the day before! In this
way We make Our Signs clear for people who re-
flect. (Surah Yunus: 24)

The wealth of the Garden, unlike the wealth of this
world, is an everlasting wealth that people will experi-
ence in their hearts and with their bodies and senses,
without worrying that it will ever come to an end. This
verse in the Qur’an tells us about the beautiful wealth of
the Garden: “Seeing them, you see delight and a great
kingdom.” (Surat al-Insan: 20)

The wealth of the Garden is a harmony containing
the artistry of Allah’s endless bounty and dazzling splen-
dour. All of this beauty is presented in such a way as to
fulfil the believers’ passions and desires, because it is on-
ly when wealth is turned into beauty in this way that it
can give meaning to the human spirit.

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