| Sura (chapter) 2:82:
"But those who have faith and work righteousness, they are companions of
the Garden: Therein shall they abide (For ever)." |
| 3:133: "Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden
whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth,
prepared for the righteous." |
| 3:185: "Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day
of Judgment shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved far
from the Fire and admitted to the Garden will have attained the object (of
Life): For the life of this world is but goods and chattels of deception."
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| 18:107: "As to those who believe and work righteous deeds,
they have, for their entertainment, the Gardens of Paradise." |
| 39:73:
"And those who feared their Lord will be led to the Garden in crowds:
until behold, they arrive there; its gates will be opened; and its
keepers will say: 'Peace be upon you! well have ye done! enter ye here,
to dwell therein'." |
| 39:74: "They will say: 'Praise be to God, Who has truly
fulfilled His Promise to us, and has given us (this) land in heritage: We
can dwell in the Garden as we will: how excellent a reward for those who
work (righteousness)!' " |
| 47:15: "(Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous
are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of
which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and
rivers of honey pure and clear. In it there are for them all kinds of
fruits; and Grace from their Lord...." |
| Sura 56:1-40 of the Qur'an deals in depth with the Day of
Judgment and the rewards that await persons who have led a good life.
| 56:15-21: "[They will sit] on gold-encrusted thrones of
happiness, reclining upon them, facing one another in [love]. Immortal
youths will wait upon them with goblets, and ewers, and cups filled with
water from unsullied springs by which their minds will not be clouded
and which will not make them drunk; and with fruit of any kind that they
choose, and with flesh of any fowl that they may desire." |
| 56:22-26: "And [accompanying them will be their]
companions pure, most beautiful of eye, like unto pearls hidden in their
shells. [This will be] a reward for what they did [during life]. No
empty talk will they hear there, nor any call to sin, but only the
tiding of inner soundness and peace." |
| 56:27-33: "Now as for those who have attained to
righteousness- what of those who have attained to righteousness? [They
too will find themselves] admist fruit-laden lote-trees, and acacias
flower-clad, and shade extended, and waters gushing, and fruit
abounding, never-failing and never out of reach." |
| 56:34-37: "And [with them will be their] spouses, raised
high; for behold, We shall have brought them into being in a life
renewed, having resurrected them as virgins, full of love, well matched
to those who have attained to righteousness" |
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| Surah 55 discusses the presence of "húr."
They have most commonly been considered to be Houris --
beautiful virgins:
| 55:70: "In them will be fair [Maidens], good, beautiful." |
| 55:72: "Maidens restrained [as to their glances], in
[goodly] pavilions." |
| 55:74: "Whom no man or Jinn before them has touched." |
Others have interpreted the "húr" to
be "the fruits of the good deeds" that a person has performed while
alive. They are unique to Paradise and not like anything experienced on
Earth. 6
| Surah 44:51-55 and 52:17-20 state that the men in
Paradise will enter marriage with the Houris. |
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