DESCRIPTION OF PARADISE Strive For It

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*DESCRIPTION OF PARADISE*

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*Strive For It*

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Allah ﷻ says 

*مَّثَلُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّتِى وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُونَ*

_The description of the Paradise which those who have Taqwa have been promised_

meaning its description and qualities;

*تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا الأَنْهَـرُ*

_Underneath it rivers flow,_

these rivers flow in the various parts and grades of Paradise and wherever its people wish they flow and gush forth for them. 

*أُكُلُهَا دَآئِمٌ وِظِلُّهَا*

_its provision is eternal and so is its shade_

[13:35]

for Paradise has foods, fruits and drinks that never end or finish. It is recorded in the Two Sahihs that Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنه narrated in the Hadith about the Eclipse prayer that the Companions said, "O Allah's Messenger! While you were standing in prayer we saw you reach for something with your hand and then you brought it back." The Messenger said, "I saw Paradise - or was shown Paradise - and reached for a cluster (of grapes or other fruit and had I kept it, you would have eaten from it as long as this life remains"

[Sahih Bukhari 1052]

This is as Allah ﷻ says 

*وَدَانِيَةً عَلَيْهِمْ ظِلَـلُهَا وَذُلِّلَتْ قُطُوفُهَا تَذْلِيلاً*

_And the shade thereof is close upon them, and the bunches of fruit thereof will hang low within reach._

[76:14]

Imam Ahmad mentions a Hadith in which Zayd Ibn Arqam رضي الله عنه narrates "A Man from Ahlul Kitaab came and said "O Abul-Qasim! You claim that the people of paradise eat and drink,"

The Prophet ﷺ replied _"Yes. By He in Whose Hand is Muhammad's life, a man among them will be given the strength of a hundred men in eating, drinking, sexual intercourse and appetite."_

That man asked, "He who eats and drinks needs to relieve the call of nature, but Paradise is pure from feces and urine"

The Prophet ﷺ said _"One of them (residents of Paradise) relieves the call of nature through a sweat that emanates from the skin, with the scent of musk, and the stomach becomes empty again."_

[Sahih Muslim]

Allah ﷻ ends the ayah:

*تِلْكَ عُقْبَى الَّذِيْنَ اتَّقَوا وَّ عُقْبَى الَكَافِرِيْنَ النَّارُ*

_this is the end of those who have Taqwa, and the end of the disbelievers is Fire._

[13:35]

It is a Jannah which we cannot Imagine! 

And Had we seen it before its due time, it would have lost its allure!

And it is only earned through Taqwa!

So strive in the path of Allah ﷻ!

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