The beds of Paradise

 If the people of Paradise wear the most attractive garments, eat the most delicious food, drink the sweetest drink, in addition to their security from death and disease, their faces having been embellished, their bodies having been comforted, along with being constantly served by servants and corteges keeping them company, they will then desire couches on which they will recline and rugs on which they will place their pillows. The bedsteads of Paradise will be extremely beautiful soft, comfortable and smooth. Anyone who reclines on them will not be bored or weary. They are highly exquisite and cosy.

Allah describes this in His Book to increase the yearning for it. Upon reciting the Words of Allah_

´´On couches or thrones, raised high.´´ (Al-Waaqi´ah: 34)

The Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam said: ´´Its height is like the distance between the heaven and the earth and between them is a journey of five hundred years.´´232

To emphaises the fineness of these bedsteads, our Lord, the Mighty and Exalted, describes the softness of its interior; if the interior is as such, what will its exterior be like?! In his commentary on the following verse of the Qur´an:

´´Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand.´´ (Ar-Rahman: 54)

Abdullah ibn Masood said: ´´You are informed of its interior, how then will its exterior be?´´233

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