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CH. 22 الصلحتِ جَنَّتٍ تَجْرِى مِنْ تَحْتِهَا PT. 17 AL-HAJJ to enter Gardens beneath which rivers flow. "They will be of gold, and with pearls; and الْأَنْهرُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ اَسَاوِرَ مِنْ adorned therein with bracelets ذَهَبٍ وَلُؤْلُؤًا وَلِبَاسُهُمْ فِيهَا حَرِيرُ their raiment therein will be of silk. 2456 ـبِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ And they will be guided to. 25 وَهُدُوا اِلَى الطَّيِّبِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ * pure speech, and they will be 2456. Commentary: "18:32; 35:34; 76:22. b76:13. This verse refers to the believers, the second of the two classes of men referred to in v. 20 above. The first class of men- -the disbelievers, have been referred to in vv. 20-23 above. Caliphate of 'Umar, Muslim armies fought on two fronts, in Mesopotamia and Syria, and when Arab chiefs with their respective claims presented themselves before him and offered their services, he asked them to which of "the two promised lands," The verse embodies a prophecy Mesopotamia or Syria, they would which met with remarkable like to go. This shows that the fulfilment. It was made at a time Companions of the Holy Prophet when the very fate of Islam hung in knew and understood that the the balance and there was no safety or 'gardens' promised them in the Quran security for Muslims anywhere. But were the rich provinces of the Persian afterwards in fulfilment of this Empire and of Syria and Egypt. The prophecy they were given most fertile prophecy was literally fulfilled. When and beautiful countries to rule. They Persia was conquered, bracelets of had the choicest of fruits to eat and gold and pearl and silken garments they lived in gardens beneath which formed part of the booty. These streams flowed. The Holy Prophet is things were distributed among the reported to have said, "The Nile and Muslims and Surāqah, a companion the Euphrates are two of the streams of the Holy Prophet, was made by of Paradise" (Muslim, ch. Al-Jannah). 'Umar to wear the bracelets of gold So it is clear that the Holy Prophet which the kings of Persia used to and his Companions knew that they wear on special State occasions. Thus were promised 'gardens' not only in was fulfilled another prophecy of the the next life but in this world also and Holy Prophet according to which he that they also knew that by 'gardens' is reported to have once said to in this life were meant rich and fertile Surāqah, "How would you feel when lands once ruled by the Kings of you will be made to wear the golden Persia and the Emperors of the bracelets of Chosroes (Al-Khaṣa’iṣul- eastern Roman Empire. During the | Kubrā, vol. II, p. 113). 2143