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It's heaven | Episode (6) | Trees of Paradise and their fruits
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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 trees of Paradise and their fruits.
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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 his Companions.
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To proceed:
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O people of Paradise!
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This is what our Lord promised us.
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Here we see it as the truth, just as He promised us.
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Look at what Allah has prepared for us.
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Look at those trees and those shades.
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Do you see the fruits and the rivers?
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Do you see the springs of Paradise?
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How magnificent is this bounty!
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Come, let us draw a little closer to these trees.
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For the trees of Paradise are not like the trees of this world.
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The palm tree is not like the palm tree [of this world].
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The pomegranate is not like the pomegranate.
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Nor is the milk like the milk.
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Nor is the honey like the honey.
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Indeed.
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The names are the same.
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But the taste and the color are different.
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There is a common denominator between them,
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so that it is valid to apply the name to them
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in both this world and Paradise.
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Paradise contains planted places,
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containing trees and palm trees,
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and other plants and flowers that we do not know.
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It also contains other lands, which are plains,
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with no trees in them.
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Their planting is done by our own hands.
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We plant those lands by saying: "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah) and "Alhamdulillah" (Praise be to Allah),
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and "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah) and "Allahu Akbar" (Allah is the Greatest).
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Just as the Friend of Allah, Ibrahim, peace be upon him, informed us.
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And we plant in it by saying: "Subhan Allah al-Azim" (Glory be to Allah the Almighty),
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and by saying: "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah" (There is no power and no strength except by Allah).
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And we plant in it with our own hands while we are in Paradise, however we wish.
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O people of Paradise!
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The trees of Paradise are magnificent.
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They have magnificent branches,
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so much so that their branches hang outside the walls of the gardens of Paradise.
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They have a magnificent shade,
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so much so that a swift rider could travel in their shade for a hundred years without reaching the end of it.
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Did Allah the Almighty not say:
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﴾And shade extended﴿
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Meaning it expands and stretches,
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never shrinking or receding.
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Allah the Almighty creates this shade by His power without a sun,
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and He is capable of all things.
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These trees also
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have magnificent fruits.
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A single cluster of grapes—
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a crow would fly for a month continuously
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without falling or stumbling,
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until it crossed the distance of that cluster.
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And if it were brought down to this world,
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all the people of the earth would eat from it.
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The trunks of these trees are made of gold.
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You will not see around them any of the bark debris
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or any parts of the tree that usually fall off.
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O people of Paradise!
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Look at the palm trees.
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Their trunks are of green emerald,
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and the bases of their fronds are of red gold.
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From their fronds come the garments of the people of Paradise,
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including their tailored clothes and their ornaments.
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The "tailored clothes" are garments fitted to the body.
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Their fruits are like large water skins and buckets,
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whiter than milk,
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sweeter than honey,
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and softer than butter.
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Their dates have no pits.
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Among the magnificent trees of Paradise
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is the tree of Tuba.
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A swift rider traveling
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in its shade for a hundred years would not reach the end of it.
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Our Lord prepared it for those of His servants who believed and did righteous deeds.
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For the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, informed us, saying:
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"Tuba for those who saw me and believed in me,
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then Tuba, then Tuba, then Tuba
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for those who believed in me and did not see me."
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A man asked him:
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"And what is Tuba?"
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He said:
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"A tree in Paradise,
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a hundred-year journey [in width].
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The garments of the people of Paradise emerge from its buds."
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Yes.
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In that tree, our clothes are woven,
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and from it, we take our garments
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for adornment and beauty.
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Otherwise, we have no need to change our clothes,
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for whoever enters Paradise enjoys bliss and knows no misery.
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His clothes do not wear out, and his youth does not fade.
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They wear in it [garments of] fine silk and heavy brocade,
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which are two types of silk,
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and of the best colors, which is green.
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So He combined for them both the beauty of the garment's appearance and its softness,
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so the eye delights in its appearance
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and the body in its softness.
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O you who long for it!
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Among the magnificent trees of Paradise
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is the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary (Sidrat al-Muntaha),
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above the seventh heaven.
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Everything that ascends from the earth ends there,
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and to it ends the knowledge of creation, from the angels and others among the prophets.
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The fruits of this tree are like the water skins of Hajar,
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and its leaves are like the ears of elephants.
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It has colors we do not know what they are;
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they are not like the colors of this world.
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We have never seen anything like them.
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It is covered by butterflies and locusts of gold.
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Allah the Almighty said about it:
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“And verily he saw him yet another time” (53:13)
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﴾At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary,
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near it is the Garden of Abode.﴿
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“When that which shroudeth did enshroud the lote-tree,” (53:16)
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Then, when the wind blows upon those trees in Paradise,
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the leaves move
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and brush against one another,
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playing the sweetest melodies
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that ears have never heard the like of.
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The heart is enraptured before the hearing,
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with a rhythmic tone
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and a guarded sound,
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containing no vain talk and no sin.
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This is the true, original melody;
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you have not heard and will not hear its like except in Paradise.
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And if the singing of the houris accompanies it,
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then that is a delight that no other delight can match.
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If the people of this world heard it,
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they would die of longing and passion.
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O my companions!
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In Paradise, each one of us has what he desires.
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A man of Paradise may even desire to farm,
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so he asks his Lord for permission to farm.
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Allah says to him:
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"Are you not in whatever you wish of crops, trees, and palm trees?"
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He says: "Yes,
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but I love to farm with my own hands."
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So he is granted permission to farm in his kingdom.
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He hastens and sows, and it sprouts immediately,
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and he hastens the growth of its plants,
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its maturation, and its harvest,
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becoming like mountains.
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All of this happens in less than the blinking of an eye.
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Allah the Almighty says:
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"Take it, O son of Adam,
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for nothing satisfies you."
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But, O my brothers,
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amidst all these gardens and orchards,
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and this bounty that stretches as far as the eye can see,
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how does a person move between his properties and his farms?
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Do not worry about that,
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for Allah will create for you whatever mounts you desire,
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and even more than you can imagine.
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A man asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and said:
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"O Messenger of Allah,
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are there horses in Paradise?"
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He said: "If Allah admits you into Paradise,
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you will be brought a horse of red ruby
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that has two wings,
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and you will be mounted upon it."
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So, there are horses in Paradise,
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but they are not like the horses of this world.
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Horses that have wings,
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flying with their rider quickly to wherever he wants,
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and whenever he wants.
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In Paradise, there are also camels with bridles,
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meaning they have bridles from Paradise.
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A man rides upon them
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and takes a stroll upon them between his properties
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and what Allah has prepared for him.
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And you also have sheep in Paradise,
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for a sheep is among the beasts of Paradise.
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And for each one of the people of Paradise—
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their trees are of two types: those that have
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a second example in this world,
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like the Lote tree, the source of the Nabq, thornless,
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where the thorns are replaced by fruits of various colors.
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This, and the shade of the Lote tree is among the best of shades,
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and its benefit is the refreshing of the bodies.
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And the fruits are among the best of shades,
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and its fruits also have benefits,
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some of which bring joy to the sorrowful.
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And the Talh (banana tree), which is layered, just as
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a hand is layered with fingers and fingertips.
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And likewise the pomegranates and the grapes,
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from which the clusters are hanging low.
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This, and a type that has no
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counterpart in this world to be seen with the eye.
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It is enough to mention what has been said so far:
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"Of every fruit, there are two kinds."
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And I pass over those similar in color
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but different in taste; that is the one of many colors.
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But for their splendor and the pleasure of their taste,
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there is something other than what you find here.
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You find pleasure in eating them when you reach them,
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And you see them as they were before, identical in appearance.
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Ibn 'Abbas said: "There is nothing in the highest Paradise,"
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"Save for the names, which you see as similar."
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Meaning that the realities are not like those of this world,
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Even though both share the same name.
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How delightful are those fruits and their planting,
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And likewise the soil of that garden.
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And likewise the water with which it is irrigated,
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How delightful is that drink for the thirsty.
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When you take a fruit, another appears in its place,
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Replacing it exactly where it was.
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It never ceases, nor does it wait for the sun to set,
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To be weighed upon my scales.
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Nor does one need to climb the branches of the trees,
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Rather, the clusters are lowered, so however,
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You wish, you may pluck them with the greatest of ease.
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A report has come that the trunk is made of gold,
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Narrated by al-Tirmidhi with clarity.
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Ibn 'Abbas said: "And those trunks,"
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"Are of emerald, of the most beautiful colors."
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Their garments are made of the vines within it,
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And of the abundance of pure gold.
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Its fruits have no pits,
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They are like large water jars; how magnificent is that grace.
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Abu Sa'id al-Khudri also narrated that Tuba,
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Its span is a hundred years, without any decrease.
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The blossoms open up within it,
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Clothing them in whatever colors they desire.
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O Allah, grant us Paradise and its delights.
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O Allah, we ask You for the highest level of Paradise, al-Firdaws.
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Without reckoning and without prior punishment.
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O Allah, answer our prayer.
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This journey has more to follow.
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It is Paradise.