Page 57 - Jannah: The Garden from the Qur'an and Hadith

Harun Yahya
(Adnan Oktar)

in a ton of earth; the amount per ton obtained in gold
mines, however, varies between 6 and 12 grams.

Therefore, to obtain a gold plate, tons of rocks must be
refined. The fact that gold is hard to obtain and is rarer
than other metals in the world increases its value great-
ly. And this shiny, resilient and easy to shape metal has
also a strong aesthetic appeal to people.
The aesthetic and artistic value of gold makes it the
metal of choice in the production of fine works of art.

Many of the things we find rich and extravagant are ei-
ther made of gold or decorated with it. In the adornment
of objects, in bookbinding, calligraphy, miniatures and
illumination, gold is indispensable. The lavish use of
gold in the dwellings described in the hadith is a bless-
ing that people find pleasing. In this world, people see
gold often in the form of ingots; once in a while they
come across a few gold-plated objects and accessories
and perhaps even palaces with excessive use of gold
such as in gilt columns. All these things are amazing to

those of us who are accustomed to seeing only a few
pieces of jewellery made of gold. This being the case, we
cannot easily imagine a skyscraper or a mansion, a villa
or a summer house made purely of gold. Just the idea
that there may be such things gives pleasure and excite-
ment to the human spirit. The hadith we have quoted
previously tells us that the buildings in the Garden are

made of gold and silver bricks. This increases the beau-
ty of the already splendid houses in the Garden and
makes them even more magnificent.

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