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4725 There will be no uncertainty, as on this earth; no danger of discontinuance: no possibility of their satisfaction being<br />

terminated. (44.51)<br />

47:12 - Verily Allah will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to Gardens beneath which<br />

rivers flow; while those who reject Allah will enjoy (this world) and eat as cattle eat; and the<br />

Fire will be their abode. 4830<br />

4830 An apt simile. Beasts of the field eat their fill, but have no higher interests. Men who worship the world exclusively are<br />

no better: their pleasures and enjoyments rise no higher than those of the beasts of the field. They have no inkling of<br />

spiritual happiness. On the contrary, as they were endowed with spiritual faculties which they misused, they will not<br />

escape the Fire of Punishment, the Penalty of Sin. (47.12)<br />

52:17 - As to the Righteous they will be in Gardens and in Happiness 5049<br />

5049 The Righteous will be in Bliss far beyond their merits: their sins and faults will be forgiven by the grace of Allah, which<br />

will save them from the penalties which they may have incurred from human frailty. It will be their own effort or striving<br />

which will win them Allah's grace: see verse 19 below. But the fruits will be greater than they could strictly have<br />

carned. (52.17)<br />

54:54 - As to the Righteous they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers. 5168<br />

5168 The record, in the case of those who dishonoured and violated Truth, will lead to their undoing; but in the case of<br />

those who honoured the Truth and adopted it so as to shine in their righteous lives, the result is expressed by four<br />

metaphors, in an ascending degree of sublimity: (1) they will be in the midst of Gardens where rivers flow; (2) they will<br />

be in sure abode; (3) with Allah; (4) Whose sovereignty is omnipotent. "Gardens" with Rivers (flowing beneath): this<br />

has been explained more than once already: Cf. n. 4668 to xliii. 70. The Garden suggests all the Bliss we can imagine<br />

through our senses. (54.54)<br />

76:5 - As to the Righteous they shall drink of a Cup (of Wine) mixed with Kafur 5835<br />

5835 Kafur is literally Comphor. It is a fountain in the Realms of Bliss. It is a seasoning added to the Cup of pure, beatific<br />

Wine, which causes no intoxication (lvi. 18- 19), but stands for all that is wholesome, agreeable, and refreshing.<br />

Camphor is cool and refreshing, and is given as a soothing tonic in Eastern medicine. In minute doses its odour and<br />

flavour are also agreeable. (76.5)<br />

76:6 - A Fountain where the Devotees of Allah do drink making it flow in unstinted abundance.<br />

76:12 - And because they were patient and constant He will reward them with a Garden and<br />

(garments of) silk. 5843<br />

44:57 - As a Bounty from thy Lord! That will be the supreme achievement! 4733<br />

4733 This is our idea of Salvation; the negative avoidance of all the consequences of evil, and the positive attainment of alland<br />

more than all-that our hearts could possibly desire. For Allah's Bounty outstrips anything that our eyes have seen,<br />

or our ears have heard of, or our imagination can conceive. (44.57)<br />

56:89 - (There is for him) Rest and Satisfaction and a Garden of Delights. 5268<br />

5268 Raihan: sweet-smelling plants, as in Iv. 12. Here used as an indication of Satisfaction and Delight. (56.89)<br />

98:8 - Their reward is with Allah: Gardens of Eternity Beneath which rivers flow; They will dwell<br />

therein for ever; Allah well pleased with them and they with Him: all this for such as fear their<br />

Lord and Cherisher. 62336234<br />

6233 The Good Pleasure of Allah is the final Bliss of Salvation. The good pleasure is mutual; the truly saved is he whose<br />

will has become completely identified with Allah's universal will. (98.8)<br />

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith<br />

Hadith 9.608<br />

Anas bin Malik<br />

Narrated by<br />

The night Allah's Apostle was taken for a journey from the sacred mosque (of Mecca) Al-Ka'ba: Three persons came to him<br />

(in a dream) while he was sleeping in the Sacred Mosque before the Divine Inspiration was revealed to Him. One of them<br />

said, "Which of them is he?" The middle (second) angel said, "He is the best of them." The last (third) angle said, "Take the<br />

best of them." Only that much happened on that night and he did not see them till they came on another night, i.e. after the<br />

Divine Inspiration was revealed to him (Fateh-Al-Bari Page 258, Vol. 17), and he saw them, his eyes were asleep but his<br />

heart was not--and so is the case with the prophets: their eyes sleep while their hearts do not sleep. So those angels did not<br />

talk to him till they carried him and placed him beside the well of Zam-Zam. From among them Gabriel took charge of him.<br />

Gabriel cut open (the part of his body) between his throat and the middle of his chest (heart) and took all the material out of<br />

his chest and abdomen and then washed it with Zam-Zam water with his own hands till he cleansed the inside of his body,<br />

and then a gold tray containing a gold bowl full of belief and wisdom was brought and then Gabriel stuffed his chest and<br />

throat blood vessels with it and then closed it (the chest). He then ascended with him to the heaven of the world and knocked<br />

on one of its doors.<br />

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