Jannah: The Garden from the Qur'an and Hadith - Their Lord gives them the good news of His mercy and good pleasure and Gardens where they will enjoy everlasting delight. (Surat at-Tawba: 21)

One of the purposes of this book is to remind people that the real
life is not in this world, but in the Garden, and what our hearts
desire is not here but there. Even if you have never considered it
before, thisbook will help you to understand that the longing you feel
for perfection can only be fulfilled in the life of the Garden.
Another purpose of this book is to move our readers to consider the
incomparable beauty of the Garden and the never-ending pleasure that
will be the believers'. The verses of the Qur'an and the hadith of our
Prophet tell us about blessings of the Garden that many people have
perhaps never thought about before. An understanding of the splendour
of the Garden,its limitless blessings andthe good life that will
belived there will increase people's longing for the Garden and make
us strive harder to attain it. This book may be a means to help people
take pleasure in their resolve to do such good works that they may be
worthy of Allah's endlessmercy and His incomparable blessings.

Jannah: The Garden from the Qur'an and Hadith - Their recompense is forgiveness from theirLord, and Gardens with rivers flowing under them... (Surah Al'Imran: 136)

Allah has created human character such that we can only be at ease in
the Garden and the desires of the heart can only be fulfilled there.
Many verses of the Qur'an make this clear. Allah says in it that the
real life is the life of the Garden and, therefore, every effort
should be expended to attain this abode of endless good and beauty.
Some versesof the Qur'an on this subject are as follows:
The life of this world is nothing but a game and a diversion. The
abode of the akhira – that is truly Life if they only knew. (Surat
al-'Ankabut: 64)
The truly good will be in perfect bliss on couches gazing in wonder.
You will recognise in their faces the radiance of delight. They are
given the choicest sealed wine to drink, whose seal is musk – let
people with aspiration aspire to that! (Surat al- Mutaffifin: 22-26)
Allah expands provision to anyone He wills and restricts it. They
rejoice in the life of this world. Yet the life of this world,
compared to the akhira, is only fleeting enjoyment. (Surat ar-Ra'd:
26)
They will have there everything they want and with Us there is still
more. (Surah Qaf: 35)
In one hadith, our Prophet gives an example to show what a great
blessing the Garden is for human beings compared to the life of this
world:
A space in the Gardenequal to the distance between the middle andthe
end of a bow will bebetter than all that uponwhich the sun rises and
sets. (Sahih al- Bukhari; Sahih Muslim)
Even if a person has no knowledge of this, he can easily understand it
when he thinks of the imperfection of this world and the yearning he
feels within himself for good things. Allah has created many proofsto
show people that the life of this world is not the true life. Starting
with the body itself, one is confronted almost every day with the
imperfections of this world. You may come face to face with sickness,
injury or even death because of the slightest accident. A great part
of life must bespent compensating for the weakness of the body. But in
spite of all these efforts, the body wastes away as the yearspass.
Beautiful flowers, like the human body, also fade with time; the most
colourful and pleasing roses, tulips and violets wither and die. The
tastiest and freshest looking fruit and vegetables become stale and
inedible in a very short time. The most magnificent houses, and the
finest automobiles and other material possessions grow old, break down
and become useless withtime.
These things are just a few of the imperfectionsthat a person has to
dealwith in this world and are enough to make a person understand that
this world is not the place he longs for.
In the face of all this imperfection, a person, in his heart of
hearts, wants to live in a world where perfection is never-ending. He
longs for a world where there is no illness, death, war, conflict,
evil, anxiety or imperfection. With this in mind, he looks for ways to
establish a life within the parameters ofthis world that is happy and
carefree. However, Allah tells us in the Qur'an that this kind of life
can only be had in the Garden. What humanbeings must do to attain the
Garden is very simple: live in a way thatis pleasing to Allah. Then,
if Allah wills, they will find a perfect and endless life happy beyond
all that they could desire or imagine.
Allah says much in the Qur'an about the blessings of the Garden
because He wants people to understand that everything they are looking
for, longing for and everything they loveis in the Garden. In the
following chapters of this book we will look atverses of the Qur'an
and hadith of our Prophet to see the perfect blessings that our Lord
has prepared for us.

Wonders of Creation: Different Vision Systems

For many sea-dwelling animals, seeing is extremely important
forhunting and defense. Accordingly, most of the sea-dwelling animals
are equipped with eyes perfectly designed for underwater.
Under water, the ability to see becomes more and more limited with
depth, especially after 30 meters. Organisms living at this depth,
however, have eyes created according to the given conditions.
Sea-dwelling animals, unlike land-dwelling animals, have spherical
lenses in perfect accordance with the needs of thedensity of the water
they inhabit.Compared to the wide elliptical eyes of land-dwelling
animals, this spherical structure is more serviceable for sight under
water;it is adjusted to see objects in close-up. When an object at a
greater distance is focused upon, the whole lens system is pulled
backwards by the help of a special muscle mechanism withinthe eye.
One other reason why the eyes ofthe fish are spherical is the
refraction of light in water. Because the eye is filled with a liquid
having almost the same density as water, no refraction occurs while an
image formed outside is reflected on the eye. Consequently, the eye
lens fully focuses the image of the outside object on the retina. The
fish, unlike human beings, sees very sharply in water.
Some animals like octopus have rather big eyes to compensate for the
poor light in the depths ofwater. Below 300 meters, big-eyed fish need
to capture the flashes of the surrounding organisms to notice them.
They have to be especially sensitive to the feeble blue light
penetrating into the water. For this reason, there are plenty of
sensitive blue cells in the retina of their eyes.
As is understood from these examples, every living being has
distinctive eyes specially designedto meet its particular needs. This
fact proves that they are all created just the way they have to be by
a Creator Who has eternal wisdom, knowledge and power.

Miracles of the Qur’an:

THE EARS ARE ACTIVE DURING SLEEP
So We sealed their ears [with sleep]in the cave for a number ofyears.
(Surat al-Kahf: 11)
The original Arabic of the phrase"We sealed their ears" in the Qur'an
is the verbdaraba. This bears the metaphorical meaning of "We have
made them sleep." Used in reference to the ears,darabameans
"preventing the ears from hearing." The fact that only the sense of
hearing is mentioned here is very significant.
According to recent scientific discoveries, the ear is the only
sensory organ active while a person is sleeping. This is why weneed an
alarm clock to wake up. The wisdom of the phrase "We sealed their
ears" is, in all probability, that Allah closed the hearing of the
young people in question, for which reason they remained asleep for
many years.
THE IMPORTANCE OF MOVEMENT IN SLEEP
You would have supposed them to be awake, whereas in fact theywere
asleep.We moved them to the right and to the left,and, at the
entrance, their dog stretched out its paws. If you had looked down and
seen them, you would have turned from them and run, and have been
filled with terror at the sight of them. (Surat al-Kahf: 18)
The above verse refers to the Companions of the Cave, who remained
asleep for hundreds of years. In addition, Allah also reveals that He
moved their bodies to the left and right. The wisdom of this was only
discovered in recent times.
People who remain lying down inthe same position for long periodof
time encounter serious health problems, such as circulation
difficulties, sores, and blood clotting in that part of the body in
contact with the surface on which they lie.
The resulting sores are known as"bed sores" or "pressure sores." Due
to the constant pressure on one part of the body when one is not
moving for a long period of time, the blood vessels become constricted
and can close altogether. As a result, the oxygen and other nutrients
carried by the blood fail to reach the skin, and the skin begins to
die. This leads to the appearance of sores on the body. Unless these
sores are treated, fat and muscles can also die.
These sores, which form under the skin or tissue, can assume serious
dimensions unless treated. If they become infected, they can even lead
to death. The healthiest thing to do, therefore, is to change the
position of the body every 15 minutes in order toreduce this pressure.
Patients who cannot move themselves therefore receive special care
andare moved every 2 hours by otherpeople. The fact that these medical
facts, only discovered in the last century, are referred to inthe
Qur'an is yet another of its miracles.