Page 79 - Jannah: The Garden from the Qur'an and Hadith

rivers flowing under them.
When they are given fruit there
as provision, they will say, “This

is what we were given before.”
But they were only given a simula-
tion of it. They will have there
spouses of perfect purity and will
remain there timelessly, for ever.
(Surat al-Baqara: 25)
Every kind of food offered in the
Garden is aesthetically pleasing and deli-
cious. Especially wonderful are the appear-
ances of the fruits and their colours, smells

and particular tastes.
For example, many people like the taste
and smell of strawberries. In spite of this,
some people have an allergic reaction when
they eat them. This is one of the drawbacks of
this life. Like all the blessings of this world,
fruit also has imperfections. They have to be
grown, bought, washed and cleaned. In spite of
this care they sometimes go bad and sometimes
have no taste. In short, when we eat food, we
must deal with some problems and deficiencies.
As usual in this world, food is created with some
imperfections so that people will yearn for real
blessings. No matter how much a person appre-
ciates a particular food, the delight in its taste di-
minishes if he eats it constantly.