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Originally Posted by Azy 
Seems very odd that the drinks in heaven are described in terms of drinks on earth that no muslim should have experienced. I just don't understand the point of describing something that's not the same as the word you're using and none of your followers have ever drunk anyway.
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Early Arabs used to drink two alcoholic beverages, one made of Ginger considered 'Hot', and one made with camphor, considered cool.. the prohibition of liquor wasn't complete and abrupt in one stage.. as is stated
- in the verse 2:219
- They ask thee concerning wine and gambling. Say: "In them is great sin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit." They ask thee how much they are to spend; say: "What is beyond your needs." Thus doth Allah make clear to you His Signs: in order that ye may consider.
So who says No muslim ever knew what an alcoholic beverage is?
surely heaven has that which no eye has seen nor ears have heard, but Allah swt is giving us assimilations of things we can relate too...
as stated prior, if it is denoted in the Quran that there is a place called 'Tasneem' you'd shrug your shoulder pffft? so what?..
unless it is likened to a 'spring' then you can have some mental image of what it might be, though not fully capturing it..
http://books.google.com/books?id=_1n...um=6&ct=result
hope that helps...