Vastness of Paradise “The extensiveness (of Paradise) of...

Vastness of Paradise “The extensiveness (of Paradise) of which is as the extensiveness of the heaven and the earth”. (Surah-al-Hadeed? 21) It is related that one day Jipa’ael decided to calculate the length of Paradise. He flew for a distance equal to thirty thousand years and became weary, then he requested Allah to give him strength. Then again he flew for thirty thousand times and each time equal to thirty thousand years and then lost vigour.

He then asked Allah whether he flew more or more was left. One hourie of Paradise came out of her tent and said, “O Spirit of Allah! Why do you trouble yourself, for you have flown so much that you have not even crossed my courtyard as yet”. Jipa’eel askedher as to who she was. She replied that she was a hoorie and had been created for a believer (mo’min). (Tafseere Umdatul Bayaa) Food of Paradise Whatever the dwellers of Paradise will wish, will be made available for them to eat.

“And abundant fruit, neither intercepted nor forbidden”. (Surah-al-Waqe’ah: 32, 33) “And fruit such as they choose, and the flesh of fowl such as they desire”. (Surah-al-Waqe’ah: 20, 21) Abu Sa’eed Khudri relates from the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.) that He said that in Paradise birds with seventy thousand feathers will be flying in the air.

Whenever a believer will desire to eat something, a bird will fly down to his eating-carpet and will flap it’s feathers, and from each of their feathers will fall a dish whiter than ice and more delicious than honey, and more fragrant than musk, and no other food will be like it. Then the bird will fly away. “In both are fruits and palms and pomegranates”. (Surah-ar-Rahman: 68) “Amid thorneless lote-trees, and banana trees (with fruits), one above another. And extended shade”.

(Surah-al-Waqe’ah: 28-30) “Gardens and vine-yards”. (Surah-an-Naba’: 32) Drinks of Paradise “Therein are rivers of water that does not alter, and rivers of milk the taste whereof does not change, and rivers of drink delicious to those who drink, and rivers of honey clarified”. (Surah-al-Mohammad: 15) “They are made to quaff of a pure drink that is sealed (to others). The sealing of it is (with) musk, and for that let the aspirers aspire. And the admixture of it is a water of Tasneem.

A fountain from which drink they who are drawn near (to Allah)”. (Surah-al-Mutaffefeen: 25-28) “And they shall be made to drink therein a cup the admixture of which shall be ginger, (of) a fountain therein which is named Salsabil”.