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'--32 THE MAIDENS OF JANNA TThe people <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jannat</strong> will never grow old and willremain permanently at the age <strong>of</strong> 33. The wisdombehind this age is that a person is at the height <strong>of</strong> hisphysical strength and his body parts are fully developed.Therefore, he/she can experience maximum pleasurefrom the bounties <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jannat</strong>.J\j u\ u-l!~..b.llfi~ JI~4 4\: J\j ~ ill\ J~-J u\ ~ ~I LP(41 I) ~ 0\ j.J ~ ~I p.1 ~\ ~ y. Ij! -J u.-...-J:H wi Ij~Anas narrates that Rasulull:lh said, "I came toYusuf ~\ and he was given half <strong>of</strong> all beauty. ,,45By combining these two hadith, we can conclude thateach man and woman <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jannat</strong> will have the beauty <strong>of</strong>half the people <strong>of</strong> this world. This will be the minimumbeauty <strong>of</strong> the people <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jannat</strong>, as they will always beincreasing in beauty.A'ta Salami said to Malik bin Dinar "Definitely,there is a particular hur in <strong>Jannat</strong> upon whose beauty thepeople <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jannat</strong> boast and brag. If Allah ~ had notallowed death for the people <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jannat</strong>, they would diebecause <strong>of</strong> her beauty. "46Hakim met another person and asked him, "Do youhave any desire for the hurs?" He said, "No." Hakimthen told him, "Desire them, because the light on theirfaces is from the light <strong>of</strong> Allah." The man fellunconscious and was taken to his home. The narrator <strong>of</strong>the incident adds· that we visited to this person for onemonth after this incident [to console him during hissickness] .47/33 THE MAIDENS OF JANNA TIbn Abi Dunya relates that Yazid Ar-Raqashi said,"I have heard that a light will shine in <strong>Jannat</strong>, and everypart <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jannat</strong> will start shining because <strong>of</strong> this light.Someone will ask, 'Where did this light come from?' Itwill be said to him, 'One hur smiled at her husband.'The narrator Salih says," A man from the c'Jrner <strong>of</strong>the gathering started screaming and continued to screamuntil he died. ,,48The beautiful faces <strong>of</strong> the women <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jannat</strong>Allah ~ says,u4~ ~-J ~ './1 ~ ~ u~ ~.JP.~"In these gardens there will be women with goodcharacter and beautiful faces. Then which <strong>of</strong> the bounties<strong>of</strong> your Lord will you both [man and Jinn] deny?"49A human being has his own understanding <strong>of</strong> beautywhich is confined to his limited and deficient knowledge.Allah ~ - in his infinite knowledge and wisdom - hasdescribed these women as beautiful, so we can imaginehow beautiful these women must be!45 (Sahih Muslim)46 (Hactiyul Arwith pg. 277)47 (Hitdiyul Arwith pg. 2774R (Hfldiyul Arwith pg. 277)49 (55 :70)