Endless Delight

Eat and drink with relish for what you did.(Surat al-Mursalat, 43)
The Qur'an announces that the people of Paradise are blessed with the
finest food and various drinks. But since these people require no
nourishment, we can understand that such food and drink have been
created only to give pleasure.
This food resembles the food of this world. The people of Paradise
will express this similarity in the following way:
Give the good news to those who believe and do right actions, that
they will have Gardens with rivers flowing under them. When they are
given fruit there as provision, they will say:"This is what we were
given before." But they were only given a simulation of it. They will
have there spouses of perfect purity, and will remain there
timelessly, forever. (Surat al-Baqara, 25)
Many foods in this worldaddress people's appetites and give pleasure
by their appearance and taste. Ofcourse Allah can easily create
similar foods in Paradise to give pleasure to believers. But, unlike
with earthly food, there will be no need to worry about gaining
weight, cholesterol, overeating, and so on, for Allah tells them: "Eat
and drink with relish for what you did" (Surat al-Mursalat, 43) Being
able to eat and drink beyond any reckoning is a delightfully pleasant
reward.
In order to attain Paradise, people are tested in this earthly
life.Believers show great effort and zeal in order to please our Lord,
for they turn to Him sincerely, thank Him continually, pray to Him,
and repent of their sins. As a reward, Allah offers them the blessings
of Paradise.
Leading all of the food mentioned in the Qur'an is meat. In Paradise,
Allah gives believers"any kind of fruit and meat that they desire"
(Surat at-Tur, 22), and will offer them "any bird-meat they desire"
(Surat al-Waqi'a, 22). Moreover, their food will"never run out" (Surah
Sad, 54), because believers will"enter Paradise, provided for init
without any reckoning" (Surah Ghafir, 40).
They will be able to eat as much as they want, for the amount and
types of food available will never decrease, and no one will be forced
to stop eating due to beingfull or feeling sick.
Fruit is perhaps the food most often mentioned inthe Qur'an. In
Paradise, believers receive whatever type of fruit they desire. The
Qur'an describes this:
Its shading branches willdroop down over them, its ripe fruit hanging
ready to be picked. (Surat al-Insan, 14)
Thus, we understand that fruits of Paradise grow on trees in natural
surroundings and that believers can easily pick and eat them. Surat
al-Waqi'a 28-29 mentions ""fruit-laden lote-trees with thorns removed"
and "[banana]trees layered [with fruit]," meaning that thefruit can be
obtained easily due to Paradise's infinite blessings.
The fruit it so plentiful that the tree branches cannot bear its
weight, and it is easy to reach because the branches bend down to the
ground.
This fruit may be offeredfreely on golden and silver trays and
tastefullydesigned plates to believers, who are sitting on thrones and
conversing with one another. Certainly all seeds and traces of rot and
bruising that annoy people in this world have been removed, as befits
Paradise. All fruits are offered to believers freely, with their
eye-catching beauty andwithout blemish.
Fruit also adds further color and aesthetic beauty to Paradise. The
sight of trees laden with all sorts of colorful fruits lends even more
beauty to the wonderful landscape. The predominant color is green, and
within that green are yellows, oranges, and reds that form a beautiful
view that strikes the human eye. As an indication of Allah's mighty
artistry, this view is another cause for thanksgiving.
Certainly, many kinds of drinks are also desirable.For instance, Surat
as-Saffat, 45 mentions "acup from a flowing spring passing round among
them." In Paradise, believers are given "the choicest sealed wine to
drink, whose seal is musk" (Surat al-Mutaffifin, 25-27). As these
verses state, whatever they drink is also sweet-smelling and, of
course, this wine is unlike any earthly wine.
The people who drink it will not become intoxicated or have
theirawareness impaired. Allah says that these drinks will be offered
in glasses. They will not cause headaches, a loss of control of
themselves, or any alteration in theirminds. Young men whom Allah
appointed for this service freely offer these drinks.

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