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JANNAH:
The Garden from
the Qur’an and Hadith

Everything in the Garden has been created to be as pleasant as pos-
sible. The Prophet says the following about the mansions in the Garden:

In the garden there is a tent of pearls, whose width is sixty miles, in
each corner of which the believer will have a wife whom the others
will not see. (Sahih al-Bukhari)

Another thing that adds to the beauty of these mansions is the
splendid setting in which they are located. For example, as we see in
many descriptions, some mansions are surrounded by greenery and
stand over or near water.
In addition, there is another characteristic of these mansions in the
Garden:

There are mansions made of emeralds and jewels. (Imam Ghazzali,
Ihya Ulum ad-Din [The Revival of the Sciences of the Deen], vol. 4)
Everything has been created in the Garden according to what peo-
ple desire and nothing they wish to see is withheld from their eyes.
Allah reveals this in the Qur’an:

… They will have there all that their hearts desire and their eyes
find delight in… (Surat az-Zukhruf: 71)

Cities in the Garden:
There is a river known as “Rayyan” in the Garden. A city of coral

has been built upon it. It has seventy thousand gates of gold and sil-
ver. (Ahmad Diya ad-Din al-Kamushkhanawi, Ramuz al-Ahadith,
vol. 2, p. 326/4)
In the above hadith, our Prophet tells of gold and silver, the sym-
bols of splendid wealth and art. Because both these metals are brilliant,

resilient, easy to shape and difficult to find they have held an important
place throughout history. There is only as much as 0.004 grams of gold

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