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88 BEAUTIES FOR LIFE IN THE QUR'AN

Beautiful Places
In those verses about Paradise, Allah points to beautiful
places and environments. Gardens are among such places, as
we read:
As well as those two there will be two other Gardens. So which
of your Lord's blessings do you both then deny? Of deep virid-
ian green. (Surat ar-Rahman: 62-64)
Allah created humanity and knows what gives the most
pleasure to one's soul. The pleasure a person derives from green
lands is a manifestation of this fact.
But those who have fear of their Lord will have high-ceilinged
halls, and more such halls built one above the other, and rivers
flowing under them. That is Allah's promise. Allah does not
break His promise. (Surat az-Zumar: 20)
Places with "rivers flowing under them" are mentioned in
verses that describe Paradise. Residences and mansions in
Paradise are said to be constructed on such places. Allah's
promise to reward His true servants with places that have rivers
flowing under them is a clear sign of the favorable nature of
such places also in this world.
Gardens of fruits are also mentioned in the Qur'an as beautiful
places. Allah makes fruits with different and striking smells,
tastes, and colors grow out of dry soil. Tree branches laden with
these fruits and gardens of such trees are obviously among the
most beautiful places on earth. Again, from the Qur'an we learn
how wonderful and admirable the gardens of Paradise will be
in the eternal life.
A verse refers to gardens and fruits as follows:
He sends down water from the sky, from which We bring forth
growth of every kind, and from that We bring forth the green
shoots. And from them We bring forth close-packed seeds, and