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120 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
Say: "Who has forbidden the fine clothing Allah has produced
for His servants and the good kinds of provision?" Say: "On the
Day of Resurrection such things will be exclusively for those
who believed during their life in this world." In this way We
make the Signs clear for people who know. (Surat al-A'raf, 32)
Once judgment has been passed and Hellfire has been shown to
them, the believers will be directed to Paradise:
And those who have heeded their Lord will be driven to the
Garden in companies. When they arrive there, finding its gates
open, its custodians will say to them: "Peace be upon you! You
have done well, so enter it timelessly, forever." (Surat az-
Zumar, 73)
In the Qur'an the details of the rewards that the believers will
receive in the eternal life of the Hereafter are given. One example is
given below, as follows:
The heedful will be in Gardens of Delight, savoring what their
Lord has given them. Their Lord will safeguard them from the
punishment of the Blazing Fire: "Eat and drink with relish for
what you did." They will recline on couches ranged in rows,
and We will marry them to dark-eyed maidens. We will unite
those who believed with their offspring, who followed them in
faith, and We will not undervalue their own actions in any
way. Every man is in pledge for what he earned. We will
supply them with any kind of fruit and meat that they desire.
They will pass around there a drinking cup to one another with
no foolish talk and no wrong action in it. Circulating among
them there will be youths like hidden pearls. Some of them
will come up to others and they will question one another.
They will say: "Beforehand we used live in fear among our