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! ! 214 and a raiment of silk. ” (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 76: V. 13) They will receive this reward due to their faith. َﺷ ۡﻤ ًﺴ ﺎ ِﻓ ۡﻴ َﻬ ﺎ َﻳ َﺮ ۡو َن َﻻ s ا َۡﻻ َر آ ِ ِﻚ َﻋ َ ِﻓ ۡﻴ َﻬ ﺎ ُّﻣ َّﺘ ِﻜ ِٕـ َۡني َز ۡﻣ َﻬ ِﺮ ۡﻳ ًﺮ ا َﻻ َّو “ Reclining therein upon couches, they will find therein neither excessive heat nor excessive cold. ” (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 76: V. 14) They will all be kings. It will neither be hot nor cold there; it will be a new world. The description, ‘of neither excessive heat ’ connotes that passions will not be aroused , and ‘nor excessive cold’ implies that passions will not diminish, but they will be of an unvarying nature. The Wonders o f t he Holy Qur’ān Observe how full of wisdom the Holy Qur’ān is. The Holy Qur’ān tells us that the punishment in hell comprises the torment of both the cold and heat. The people from cold climates have been warned of the agony of the cold and those from hot climates have been warned of the agony of the heat. In s ome countries , there is s o much snow that their inhabitants make their houses out of ice. If they need to drink water, they rub ice together to make water and f ir e is considered a blessing there. T he Bible only m entions the punishment of fire. O nc e a priest went to an ice - ridden country and while proselytizing said, “ If you do no t accept , God will throw you in to the fire. ” T h e people replied , “O , will we be put in fire ? ” For them, fire was a blessing. Thus, when the priests realized that these people were not afraid of fire , they held a meeting in which they decided to replace ‘fire’ with “ice” in the Bible. However, the Holy Qur’ān does not require any human intervention , for it already warns of the torment of ice and thus, requires no changes. God states: َﺗ ۡﺬ ِﻟ ۡﻴ ًﻼ ُﻗ ُﻄ ۡﻮ ُﻓ َﻬ ﺎ ُذ ِّﻟ َﻠ ۡﺖ َو ِﻇ ٰﻠ ُﻠ َﻬ ﺎ َﻋ َﻠ ۡﻴ pِۡ َد ا ِﻧ َﻴ ًﺔ َو “ And its shades will be close over them, and its clustered fruits will