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It's heaven | Episode (5) | Food of the people of Paradise
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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It is Paradise.
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The eternal abode of the people of Paradise.
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Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
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And may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad.
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And upon all his family and companions.
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To proceed:
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O people of Paradise,
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You are now the guests of the Most Merciful.
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And the right of a guest is to be honored.
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Behold, the angels are here to welcome us with congratulations.
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Then, they present to us the gift of the guest.
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It is the extra portion of the whale’s liver.
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It is a small piece,
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Attached to the top of the liver,
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And it is the most delicious part of the whale.
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It is the first food we shall taste in Paradise.
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This whale is from Paradise itself.
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The extra portion of its liver suffices all the people of Paradise.
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Once we have tasted this meal,
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And our stomachs are refreshed by this wholesome food,
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Then the ox is slaughtered for us,
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Which grazes on the outskirts of Paradise.
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It is then presented to us in the finest manner,
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Of hospitality and generosity.
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We eat from it and drink alongside it,
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From the water of Salsabil.
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And we hear a beautiful call that delights our souls:
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"Eat and drink in satisfaction."
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“(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.” (69:24)
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Yes, O people of Paradise,
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Eat of every delicious food,
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And drink of every delightful beverage,
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A complete and perfect satisfaction,
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Without any impurity or distress.
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This is your reward,
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For what you sent forth in the fleeting days of the world,
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Of righteous deeds:
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Prayer, fasting, and charity,
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Hajj and Umrah,
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And kindness toward creation.
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For Allah made deeds a cause for entering Paradise,
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The substance of its bliss,
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And the foundation of its happiness.
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O people of Paradise,
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You do not drink because of thirst,
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For there is no thirst after it ever again.
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Likewise, you do not eat because of hunger,
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Rather, these are successive pleasures,
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And continuous desires,
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Without sin or reproach.
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Did Allah the Almighty not say:
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"Indeed, it is [promised] for you not to be hungry therein,
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Nor to be unclothed,
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And that you will not be thirsty therein, nor hot from the sun"?
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One of us might see a bird in Paradise,
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And desire it without being hungry,
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So the bird comes to him roasted,
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In the most delicious state,
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On a platter of gold.
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And the birds of Paradise, O brothers of faith,
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Are like the Bactrian camels,
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Long-necked creatures,
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Grazing among the trees of Paradise.
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Blessed is he who eats from them.
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In Paradise, there are also lote trees (Sidr),
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Which you surely recognize.
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In this world, they are full of thorns,
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But in Paradise, as Allah the Almighty said of them:
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"Among lote trees with thorns removed,"
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Its thorns have been removed and cleared away,
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And in the place of every thorn,
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There is a fruit from the fruits of Paradise.
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The fruit is larger than great jars.
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We also have in Paradise the layered banana trees (Talh),
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Which are the bananas,
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Stacked one upon another,
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In an orderly fashion,
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From top to bottom,
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So that you can barely see the trunk of the tree.
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We also have therein every kind of fruit,
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Which may resemble in shape and color,
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Those of the world, yet differ in taste and flavor.
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As Allah the Almighty informed us:
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"Whenever they are provided with a provision,
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Of the fruit thereof,"
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“And give glad tidings (O Muhammad) unto those who believe and do good works; that theirs are Gardens underneath which rivers flow; as often as they are regaled with food of the fruit thereof, they say: this is what was given us aforetime; and it is given to them in resemblance. There for them are pure companions; there for ever they abide.” (2:25)
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Meaning in the world,
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Allah says: "They will say, 'This is what we were provided with before,'
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And they will be given things in likeness."
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Resembling one another in appearance and color,
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But differing in taste.
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We have in Paradise the Ajwa date,
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For the Ajwa is from the dates of Paradise.
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But when this date descended,
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From Paradise to the world,
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Its color and taste changed,
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Just as the Black Stone and the Yemeni Corner changed,
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When they descended from Paradise,
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Allah dimmed their light, and they were altered.
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O my companions,
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We have whatever fruit we desire,
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It is never cut off from us,
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At any time whatsoever,
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As it is cut off in the world,
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Like summer fruit in winter,
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Or winter fruit in summer.
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Nor is it forbidden,
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As the fruits of the world are forbidden,
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To many who desire them,
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Due to their high price.
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But in Paradise, if one of us desires it,
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It falls into his mouth,
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Or draws near to him until he takes it with his hand.
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We eat of its fruits while standing,
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Sitting, or reclining,
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In whatever state we wish.
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Did Allah the Almighty not say:
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"Its fruit will be low and easy to reach"?
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It descends to the believing servant,
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So he may pick from it whatever he wishes.
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We also have in Paradise date palms, grapes, and pomegranates,
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And although they are among the fruits of Paradise,
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Allah the Almighty singled them out,
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By mentioning them to praise and honor them.
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We have of every fruit two kinds,
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Meaning two varieties,
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Each variety having a delight and color,
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That the other does not possess.
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A single cluster of them,
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Is enough food for all the people of the world.
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And know, my brothers, also,
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Just as the people of Paradise do not hunger,
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They also do not become full.
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Its food and shade are perpetual.
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So be at ease; you will not be satiated therein,
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For satiety is harmful and heavy.
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No matter how much you eat,
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There will always be room to eat more.
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Because if you were to become full,
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The pleasure of food would cease for you,
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Even for a while.
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And there is no cessation of pleasures in Paradise.
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What you eat will exit by way of,
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Perspiration and sweat that smells like musk,
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And room will remain in the stomach,
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So that you may enjoy more,
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Without interruption or fullness,
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Or illness or pain.
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Our drink in Paradise is of the best,
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Of drinks and the most delicious.
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From a sealed nectar,
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Nothing enters it to diminish its pleasure,
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Or spoil its taste.
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Its seal is musk, meaning its end,
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Usually, what is poured is musk.
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We pass the cups among ourselves,
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And the goblets of wine circulate among us,
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Wine not like the wine of the world,
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Nor does it resemble it in any way.
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Its color is white, one of the most beautiful colors,
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And its taste is a delight for the drinkers.
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It has no effect on the mind,
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There is no idle talk in it,
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It does not remove the intellect,
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Nor is there any sin upon the one who drinks it.
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These cups are filled and successive,
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As Allah the Almighty recounted regarding them,
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In His Noble Book, saying:
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"And full cups."
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One of us, the people of Paradise, desires a drink,
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From the drink of Paradise,
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So the pitcher comes to him until it falls into his hand,
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He drinks from it,
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Then the pitcher returns to its place.
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And at other times,
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Immortal youths circulate among them,
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With cups, pitchers, and goblets,
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Containing the drink of Paradise,
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That they desire.
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And truthful is Allah who says:
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“Lo! the righteous shall drink of a cup whereof the mixture is of Kafur,” (76:5)
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"Whose mixture is of camphor."
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Where the servants of Allah drink,
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They make it flow in streams.
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And you shall be adorned, O people of Paradise,
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Therein with various ornaments.
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Sometimes with bracelets of silver,
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Sometimes with bracelets of gold,
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Sometimes with bracelets of pearls,
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And sometimes with gold studded with pearls.
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Sometimes the ornaments are gathered for them,
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Sometimes the ornaments are gathered for them,
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So they wear bracelets of gold,
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And bracelets of silver,
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And bracelets of pearls all at once.
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These ornaments,
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Have an intense light,
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So if a man from the people of Paradise were to appear,
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And his bracelets were revealed,
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They would dim the light of the sun.
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Your adornment shall reach
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to the extent that your wudu reached.
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Whoever performs wudu perfectly,
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his adornment in Paradise shall be more profound.
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Upon your heads shall be crowns
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from the crowns of Paradise.
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And in the crown, there is a jewel,
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a single ruby of which is better than the world
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and all that is within it.
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And while we are in this state of bliss,
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some people from among us shall arise,
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and they shall clothe their parents in two garments
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of the most magnificent attire,
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for which the entire world cannot compensate them.
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They will ask, "For what have we been clothed
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in these garments?"
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It will be said to them, "Because your child took
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to the Qur'an."
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Marvel then at the napkins of the people of Paradise,
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which they use and then cast aside,
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without a second thought.
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These napkins in Paradise
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are better than the finest silk of this world.
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Among the items of adornment in Paradise
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are combs and incense burners.
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We shall have combs of gold and silver
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to comb our hair,
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even though it shall neither become disheveled nor dirty.
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We shall perfume ourselves with fragrant oud,
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even though the scent of musk
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shall emanate from our very bodies.
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Our censers, in which the embers are placed,
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shall be for incense made of aloe wood,
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which is Indian oud.
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All of this is of the same nature as the blessings
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that we used to see in this world.
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O you who yearn,
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this is your Paradise from within.
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It has no equal.
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It is the abode of absolute bliss,
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in which there is no restriction upon anyone.
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“Therein are brought round for them trays of gold and goblets, and therein is all that souls desire and eyes find sweet. And ye are immortal therein.” (43:71)
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It is a delight to the eyes,
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and it is an everlasting eternity,
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and a permanence in its beauty.
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Work for the abode of permanence;
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Ridwan is its guardian,
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the Neighbor is Ahmad, and the Most Merciful is its Builder.
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Its earth is gold,
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its soil is musk,
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and saffron is the grass growing within it.
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Whoever wishes to purchase a home in Firdaws
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must build it
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with a rak'ah in the darkness of the night, performed in secret,
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and by satisfying the hunger of a poor person
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on a day of severe famine,
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when prices have soared.
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The soul covets this world, yet it knows
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that safety from it
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lies in abandoning what it contains.
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We amass our wealth for our heirs,
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and we build our houses for the decay of time.
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There is no house for a person to inhabit after death
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except the one he built before his death.
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So whoever built it with good,
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his dwelling shall be pleasant,
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and whoever built it with evil,
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its builder shall be disappointed.
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So plant the roots of piety
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while you are still able,
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and know that you shall encounter them after death.
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You shall harvest the fruits tomorrow,
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where there is no fatigue, nor shall any distress reach it.
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What great honors these are,
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once they are attained,
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and what great souls
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shall encompass them.
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O Allah, we ask You for Paradise and its blessings,
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and we ask You for the highest Firdaws,
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without reckoning and without punishment.
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O Allah, answer our prayer.
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The journey has a continuation,
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for it is Paradise.