Islam Rewards: Hell or Gardens of Eden

Islam Rewards: Hell or Gardens of Eden

Gardens of Eden in Islam

For those who believe and do good works, their reward is the Gardens of Eden
(18:31-32).
Beneath these Gardens run rivers of unpolluted water
47:15).
Men will enter the Gardens with their wives and will be made glad
(43:70).

Each person will be clothed in raiment of fine green silk with golden embroidery and will be given pearls with gold and silver bracelets
(18:31-32, 22:23, 76:21).
They will recline on the finest silk lined couches or thrones in areas with green carpets
(55:76, 56:15).

Allah will remove all hatred between men so they can rest on their couches facing each other
(15:47, 55:16).

The weather in the Gardens will be beautiful, neither too hot nor too cool will plenty of shade
(73:13).
There will be a serving staff of immortal youths who will bring all types of food and drink: pitchers of cool drinks including milk and wine, clear honey, every kind of fruit, date palms and pomegranates, and flesh of fowls
(38:51-52, 43:73, 47:15, 55:52, 55:68, 56:21, 76:19).
They will drink from goblets of silver, the size of which is according to their deeds
(76:15-16).

This will be a relaxing place, a fair resting place, with no toil
(15:48, 18:31-32).
No one will desire to leave
(18:108-109).
Each person will be assigned a mansion
(25:10).
Enduring pleasure will belong to those in the Gardens
(9:21).


Hell in Islam


The wicked disbelievers who deny the revelations or scorn them have another fate. On the Day of Judgment these evil-doers will know their fate and bite and gnaw at their hands in fear (25:27).

They will beg for another chance to live a better life on earth (7:53).

They will be dressed in an iron prisoner's collar, manacles, and chains; they will be dragged by their hair or feet through boiling water and then thrust into the Fire (40:71-72, 55:41, 76:4).

As they approach the roasting Fire they will hear it roar and pray for their destruction (25:11-12, 41:94, 70:16).

They will try to escape but realize that there is no way of escape (18:54).

Their guards will drive them back with hooked rods of iron and say to them, "Taste the doom of burning in the Fire that you used to deny" (22:22, 32:20).

Every morning and every evening they will enter the Fire (40:46).

After the Fire they will be drenched in boiling fluid that makes what is in the bellies and their skin to melt (22:19-20, 55:44).

Between the Fire and boiling water they will eat the fruit of the Zaqqum tree that, like molten brass, causes a seething upset stomach and then they will gulp down large amounts of violently boiling water alternated with icy cold water (37:62-68, 38:58, 40:46,56:51-55).

The guilty will beg their Lord to kill them and make an end of this punishment, but the Lord will reply, "Here you must remain" (43:77).

They will wish they were but dust (78:40).

But, the guilty are immortal and will endure the torments forever (43:74).

Those in torment will then beg the guards to give them a day away from their punishment (40:49).

But, the guards will tell them that they had their chance and have rejected all of Allah's messengers (40:50-54).

They are not allowed to relax at all and are in great despair (43:75).

Those who dwell in the Garden will call to those in the Fire to say that "We have found the promises of our Lord to be true. Have you also found his promises to be true?" (7:44)

Those in the Fire will cry to those in the Garden to "Pour water or whatever else Allah has provide you on us;" but the Garden dwellers will say that this is forbidden (7:53).