Descriptions of Paradise

The 40 verses nearest its centre

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• Al-Waaqia 56:34✦ skyread

  وَفُرُشٍ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ

  And [upon] beds raised high.

• At-Tur 52:4✦ skyread

  وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ

  And [by] the frequented House

• Al-Waaqia 56:15✦ skyread

  عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ

  On thrones woven [with ornament],

• Al-Hijr 15:38✦ skyread

  إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ

  Until the Day of the time well-known."

• Saad 38:81✦ skyread

  إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ

  Until the Day of the time well-known."

• Al-Ghaashiya 88:13✦ skyread

  فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ

  Within it are couches raised high

• Al-Waaqia 56:23✦ skyread

  كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ

  The likenesses of pearls well-protected,

• Al-Mursalaat 77:1✦ skyread

  وَٱلْمُرْسَلَٰتِ عُرْفًا

  By those [winds] sent forth in gusts

• Nooh 71:20✦ skyread

  لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا

  That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "

• An-Naazi'aat 79:4✦ skyread

  فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبْقًا

  And those who race each other in a race

• Al-Inshiqaaq 84:15✦ skyread

  بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا

  But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever of him, Seeing.

• Adh-Dhaariyat 51:1✦ skyread

  وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرْوًا

  By those [winds] scattering [dust] dispersing

• An-Naba 78:33✦ skyread

  وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا

  And full-breasted [companions] of equal age

• Al-Aadiyaat 100:10✦ skyread

  وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ

  And that within the breasts is obtained,

• An-Najm 53:6✦ skyread

  ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ

  One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form

• Abasa 80:13✦ skyread

  فِى صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

  [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

• Al-Ma'aarij 70:13✦ skyread

  وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

  And his nearest kindred who shelter him

• Al-Fajr 89:2✦ skyread

  وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

  And [by] ten nights

• Al-Mutaffifin 83:23✦ skyread

  عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

  On adorned couches, observing.

• Al-Mutaffifin 83:35✦ skyread

  عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ

  On adorned couches, observing.

• Ar-Rahmaan 55:31✦ skyread

  سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ

  We will attend to you, O prominent beings.

• Al-Aadiyaat 100:1✦ skyread

  وَٱلْعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبْحًا

  By the racers, panting,

• Quraish 106:2✦ skyread

  إِۦلَٰفِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ ٱلشِّتَآءِ وَٱلصَّيْفِ

  Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer -

• Al-Waaqia 56:37✦ skyread

  عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًا

  Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

• An-Najm 53:5✦ skyread

  عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ

  Taught to him by one intense in strength -

• Al-Qamar 54:14✦ skyread

  تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ

  Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.

• Al-A'raaf 7:112✦ skyread

  يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ

  Who will bring you every learned magician."

• Saad 38:31✦ skyread

  إِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ ٱلصَّٰفِنَٰتُ ٱلْجِيَادُ

  [Mention] when there were exhibited before him in the afternoon the poised [standing] racehorses.

• At-Takwir 81:16✦ skyread

  ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

  Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:37✦ skyread

  يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ

  Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."

• Al-Ma'aarij 70:16✦ skyread

  نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ

  A remover of exteriors.

• Al-Fajr 89:8✦ skyread

  ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

  The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

• Al-Burooj 85:22✦ skyread

  فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ

  [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

• Al-Mursalaat 77:30✦ skyread

  ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ ظِلٍّ ذِى ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٍ

  Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns

• Al-Waaqia 56:78✦ skyread

  فِى كِتَٰبٍ مَّكْنُونٍ

  In a Register well-protected;

• Ar-Rahmaan 55:72✦ skyread

  حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ

  Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

• Al-Balad 90:15✦ skyread

  يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

  An orphan of near relationship

• Al-Humaza 104:2✦ skyread

  ٱلَّذِى جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ

  Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.

• Ar-Rahmaan 55:64✦ skyread

  مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ

  Dark green [in color].

• An-Najm 53:14✦ skyread

  عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ

  At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

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