Gardens of the Righteous

by Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan

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322. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS blow their noses or to pass water. Their food will be digested resulting only in a belch smelling of musk. They will be taught glorification of Allah and proclaiming His Greatness as you are taught breathing (Muslim). 1887. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah, the. Exalted, says: I have prepared for my righteous servants that which the eye has not seen and the ear has not heard and the mind of man has not conceived. If you wish you might recall: No one knows what bliss is kept hidden from them (32. 18). (Bokhari and Muslim). 1888. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: The first group that enters Paradise will be like the full moon and those who follow them will be like a very bright planet in the sky. They will not be in need of passing water or of answering the call of nature or of spitting or of blowing their noses. . Their combs will be of gold and their perspiration will be like musk. Their fireplaces will send forth the fragrance of aloes. Their consorts will be beautiful large-eyed maidens. They will all be equally well behaved, their features like their father Adam and in height like him rising sixty arms length towards the sky (Bokhari and Muslim). Another version is: Their vessels will be of gold, their perspiration will be like musk, every one of them will have two consorts whose beauty will be such that their marrow will be visible through their flesh, there will be no differences or ill-will between them, they will all be single-minded glorifying Allah, morn and eve. 1889. Mughirah ibn Shu'bah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Moses asked his Lord: Who will be of the lowest rank in Paradise? He was told: It will be a man who will arrive when the dwellers of Paradise have all entered. Paradise. He will be told: Enter into Paradise. But he will say: How shall I enter,. Lord, when everyone has settled in his place and has appropriated whatever has been allotted to him? He will be asked: Will you be satisfied if you have a kingdom like the kingdoms of the monarchs of the world? He will say: I will be content, Lord. He will be told: You have such and its like, and its like, and its like. At the mention of the fifth he will say: Lord, I am content; and will be told:. That is for you and ten times more. You will have whatever your soul desires and the delight of your eyes. He will say: Lord, I am satisfied. Moses said: Who will be of the highest rank in Paradise? Allah will say: Those will be the ones whom I shall have exalted with my own hands and whose rank I shall attest with my seal. . No eye has seen, no ear has heard and the mind of no man has conceived of their status (Muslim). 1890. Ibn Mas'ud relates that the Holy Prophet said: I know of the coming out of the Fire of its last dweller or the last one to enter Paradise. It will be a man who will emerge from the Fire crawling on all fours. Allah, the. Lord of honour and glory, will say to him: Go and enter Paradise. He will go to. Paradise and it will seem to him that it is full. So he will turn back and will say: Lord, I have found it full. Allah will say: Go and enter Paradise. He will again go and will imagine that it is full. He will go back and say: Lord, I have found it full. Allah will say: Go and enter Paradise. You have the equal of the