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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
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