THE PLEASURES OF PARADISE (PART 2 OF 2)

๐๐ฒ M. Abdulsalam (ยฉ 2006 IslamReligion.com)
๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: The second of a two-part article defining the fundamental differences between Paradise and the life of this world. Part 2: The superiority of its joys and delights in comparison to this life.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ
The Pleasures of this world are transient whilst the joys of the hereafter are lasting and eternal. In this life when a person enjoys something, it is only a short while before they get bored with it and proceed to search for something they feel is better, or they may not feel a need for it altogether. As for the delights of Paradise, a person will never feel bored with anything, but rather, its goodness will increase each time they indulge in it.

Also, the life of this world is very short. Humans only live on this earth for a short while, and very few people reach the age of seventy.

โ€œโ€ฆ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’š: ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’๐’‹๐’๐’š๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’๐’…. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’Š๐’” (๐’‡๐’‚๐’“) ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’‡๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’……โ€ (๐‘ธ๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ 4:77)

As for Paradise, people will live forever. God says:

โ€œ…๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’…๐’†โ€ฆโ€ (๐‘ธ๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ 13:35)

โ€œ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’‰, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’–๐’“๐’† โ€ฆโ€ (๐‘ธ๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ 16:96)

โ€œ(๐‘ฐ๐’• ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’”๐’‚๐’Š๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž): ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’Š๐’” ๐‘ถ๐’–๐’“ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’, ๐’˜๐’‰๐’Š๐’„๐’‰ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’‰โ€ (๐‘ธ๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ 38:54)
๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ
The delights of the people of Paradise, such as their clothing, food, drink, jewelry and palaces, will be far superior to their counterparts in this world. There is in fact no room for comparison, as even the smallest space in Paradise is better than this world and all that is in it. The Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, said:

โ€œ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’๐’˜ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’Š๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’ ๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’–๐’‘๐’๐’โ€ (๐‘ด๐’Š๐’”๐’‰๐’Œ๐’‚๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚๐’-๐‘ด๐’‚๐’”๐’‚๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’†๐’†๐’‰ 3/85, ๐’๐’. 5615)
๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
Paradise is free from all the impurities of this world. Eating and drinking in this life results in the need for excretion and its associated unpleasant odors. If a person drinks wine in this world, he loses his mind. Women in this world menstruate and give birth, which are sources of pain and hurt. Paradise is free from all of these discomforts: its people will not urinate, defecate, spit or suffer from catarrh. The wine of Paradise, as described by its Creator, is:

โ€œ๐‘ช๐’“๐’š๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’-๐’˜๐’‰๐’Š๐’•๐’†, ๐’…๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’Œ (๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’๐’‡), ๐’‡๐’“๐’†๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’๐’™๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’, ๐’๐’๐’“ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’”๐’–๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“ ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’๐’™๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Žโ€ (๐‘ธ๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ 37:46-47)

The water of Paradise does not become brackish, and its milk never changes in flavor:

โ€œ…๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’“๐’“๐’–๐’‘๐’•๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’๐’†; ๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’Œ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’Š๐’„๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’”…โ€ (๐‘ธ๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ 47:15)

The women of Paradise are pure and free from menstruation, postnatal bleeding and all the other impurities suffered by women in this world, and all are free from stool and feces. God says:

โ€œ…๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’Š๐’ ๐’‘๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’‡๐’Š๐’†๐’… ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’”โ€ฆโ€ (๐‘ธ๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ 2:25)

The prophet answered a person when they asked how the people of Paradise will relieve themselves:

โ€œ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’†๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž๐’”๐’†๐’๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’”๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’”, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’‡๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’Œ, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’.โ€ (๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’ ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’‚๐’)
What we have mentioned has been a mere comparison in order to understand the nature of Paradise, but as God said, its delights are truly hidden:
โ€œ๐‘ต๐’ ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’๐’ ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’Œ๐’†๐’‘๐’• ๐’‰๐’Š๐’…๐’…๐’†๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‹๐’๐’š, ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’“๐’†๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’–๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’.โ€ (๐‘ธ๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ 32:17)
๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž: ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ˆ๐ญ
The delights of Paradise surpass the imagination and defy description. They are like nothing known to the people of this world; no matter how advanced we may become, what we achieve is as nothing in comparison with the joys of the Hereafter. As is mentioned in several reports, there is nothing like Paradise:
โ€œ๐‘ฐ๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’”๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•, ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’„ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’”, ๐’‚ ๐’๐’๐’‡๐’•๐’š ๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†, ๐’‚ ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“, ๐’“๐’Š๐’‘๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’–๐’Š๐’•, ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’‡๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’…๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’‹๐’๐’š, ๐’Š๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’–๐’๐’…๐’๐’š-๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’‰๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’”๐’†๐’”โ€. (๐‘ฐ๐’ƒ๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’‚๐’‹๐’‚๐’‰, ๐‘ฐ๐’ƒ๐’ ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’‚๐’)

The Sahabah asked the Prophet about the buildings of Paradise and he replied with a wonderful description:
โ€œ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‡๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’Œ, ๐’‘๐’†๐’ƒ๐’ƒ๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‘๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’‰๐’Š๐’“๐’†, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’”๐’‚๐’‡๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’. ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’†๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‹๐’๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’‡๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’†; ๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’…๐’Š๐’†; ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’˜๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’…๐’†.โ€ (๐‘จ๐’‰๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…, ๐’‚๐’•-๐‘ป๐’Š๐’“๐’Ž๐’Š๐’…๐’‰๐’Š, ๐’‚๐’…-๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’†)

God says:
โ€œ๐‘จ๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† (๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’†) ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’†๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’…๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• (๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’…), ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’…๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’๐’.โ€ (๐‘ธ๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ 76:20)
What God has kept hidden from us the delights of Paradise is beyond our ability to comprehend. The Prophet said that God said:

โ€œI have prepared for My slaves what no eye has seen, no ear has heard and no human heart can imagine.โ€ Recite if you wish:
โ€œ๐‘ต๐’ ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’๐’ ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’Œ๐’†๐’‘๐’• ๐’‰๐’Š๐’…๐’…๐’†๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‹๐’๐’š ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’“๐’†๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’–๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’.โ€ (๐‘ธ๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ 32:17)

In another report:
โ€œ๐‘ต๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’–; ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฏ๐’† ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’Š๐’” ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“.โ€ (๐‘บ๐’‚๐’‰๐’†๐’†๐’‰ ๐‘ด๐’–๐’”๐’๐’Š๐’Ž)
In other articles, we will attempt to mention some of the specific details of Paradise and the delights therein described to us by God and His last Prophet.

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