Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 105
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 105 There are two Gardens for those people who have the fear of God in their hearts. At another place it is said: (Al-Ra h m a n, 55:63) For them, there will be two Gardens in this world and two in the next world, for one garden will be planted by man and one by woman. They are called , [dual form for Jannat ]. It is also called Jannat— paradise in the singular form. The import is that there are two paradises from one perspective, and it is one from another perspective. They are two, because one is the outcome of man’s efforts and the other is a result of woman’s effort. But it is also one, because it is a common paradise of both man and woman. Then Allah, the Almighty says that these two Gardens are not only in the next world but there are also two gardens in this world. Out of these two, the creation of one is assigned to man and that of the other to woman. Thus, the believers get two Gardens in this world and two in the Hereafter, i. e. they get two types of victories: physical and spiritual, which leave an eternal impact. Allah, the Almighty points toward the same when He says: (Al-Kahf, 18:47)