Page 49 - Jannah: The Garden from the Qur'an and Hadith

Some of the hadith in which the
wealth and abundance of these
dwellings are described are as follows:

We asked: “What is the Garden
made of?” The Prophet said: “A
brick of gold and a brick of silver, its
mortar is of strongly scented musk,
its stones are pearls and emeralds,
and its soil is of saffron. Those who
enter it will be in affluent circum-
stances and will not be destitute, they
will live for ever and not die, their gar-
ments will not wear out, and their

youth will not pass away.” (Narrated by
Abu Hurayra, at-Tirmidhi)
The walls of the Garden are built of
bricks of gold and silver, its dust of saf-
fron… (Imam Ghazzali, Ihya Ulum ad-
Din, vol. 4)
The hadith point out that the dwellings of
the Garden are made from the most valuable
materials, and, instead of common gravel and
pebbles, there will be pearls and rubies.

The Mansions of the Garden:
No matter how beautiful the things of this
world may be, inevitably they have many imper-
fections. The most beautiful mansion in this
world cannot compare in beauty to a mansion in