Page 93 - Jannah: The Garden from the Qur'an and Hadith

himself even more clearly than he
would in a mirror, and the small-
est jewel therein will illuminate

the east and the west. (Ahmad Diya
ad-Din al-Kamushkhanawi, Ramuz
al-Ahadith, vol. 2, p. 337/7)
The Messenger of Allah compared
the beauty of the maidens of the Garden
to rubies and beautiful natural things like
coral. The beauty of their smooth skin and
the brightness of their faces are described
as being clearer than when a person looks at
himself in the mirror.

In this world, the firmness of the skin
lasts a very short time. The smooth beauty of
young skin ages and becomes worn out and it
gains wrinkles from the problems associated
with age. Therefore, such beauty in this world
is transient. However, Allah promises those
slaves who please Him perfect and endless
beauty in the Garden. The Messenger of Allah
said that beauty and youth will continue in the
Garden:
The inhabitants of the Garden will be hair-
less on their bodies, beardless and black-
eyed; their youth will not end, nor will their
clothes become old. (Narrated by Abu

Hurayra, at-Tirmidhi)
The inmates of the Garden will be beardless
and hairless. Their colour will be white and