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To all the Artists! Can you Draw Jannah [Paradise]?


I want to see your imagination on Jannah, and how it looks like (even though i know you can't imagine it really in this life). But based on the description given by Ibn al Qayyim:

http://istighfar.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/ibn-al-qayyims-beautiful-description-of-paradise/


it would be really exciting to see how you use different colours and pictures to make your view of how you want to imagine it to look like.

If you can't do it, maybe you can inspire a kid to draw one for you?


At the end, we'll all share our pictures of our own versions. And it will all be for a useful project in the end insha' Alah.



So, Who wants to join in? :D
 
Whatever our pictures look like, it will never look like jannah !
(pls, that's an excuse for me because I'm just bad in drawing skills ;D)
Believe me, if I present my drawing of jannah no one will like to go to it lol

hope we have more skilled members to show us beautiful pics ...
 
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i dont think there would be enough paper, imagination, color...i dont think a persons skill (no matter how good they are) could come even close to what they are imaging jannah to be, let alone have the ability to draw it (that imagination of jannah they have).


none-the-less, this should be interesting.
 
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How can anyone even comprehend Jannah? But if you want to know what I imagine sometimes, I'll link you to a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EckR41F1TR8

Forward to 2:10 and stop at 2:29

Jahannam, on the other hand, I think is influenced by popular culture. I imagine not a literal fire, but a dark labyrinth where one experiences a certain degree of shame based on what he did in life to deserve that punishment.
 
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Even if your a first time drawer, it would be really good if you could get involved in this project. Insha' Allah it will really be of benefit to alot of Muslims [i'll tell you why later insha' Allah if we get alot of pictures].


I'll try to come up with something too insha' Allah soon.
 
Had to put a different video. Didn't realize what that idiot named Tidus in the other one.
 
I'll try too, But I'll take ages cos I have exams comming up so I'll be busy.
 
LOL good idea! But I agree with Sis Ummu Sufyaan. It's hard enough imagining it. Drawing it is next to impossible. I did kinda see Jannah in a dream when I was about seven. I was walking with Allah and Allah subhana wa ta 'ala showed me some golden scales asked me if I knew what they were for. I said no. And then Allah told me they were to weigh peoples sins and good deeds. Astaghfirullah astaghfirullah astaghfirullah :cry: Well anyway in my dream Jannah just looked like a nice garden to me lol. Astaghfirullah. But at least I was with Allah :cry:
 
SubhanAllah, I love the way Ibn Qayyim (Rahima Hullah) described it, I have heard it before from Sheikh Ibrahim Dremali. I just love this part, it will give you hope, joy, and tears. :cry:

And if you ask about the Day of Increase (in reward) and the visit of the all-Mighty, all-Wise, and the sight of His Face – free from any resemblance or likeness to anything – as you see the Sun in the middle of the day and the full Moon on a cloudless night, then listen on the day that the caller will call: ‘O People of Paradise! Your Lord – Blessed and Exalted – requests you to visit Him, so come to visit Him!’ So they will say: ‘We hear and obey!’

Until, when they finally reach the wide valley where they will all meet – and none of them will turn down the request of the caller – the Lord – Blessed and Exalted – will order His Chair to be brought there. Then, pulpits of light will emerge, as well as pulpits of pearls, gemstone, gold, and silver. The lowest of them in rank will sit on sheets of musk, and will not see what those who are on the chairs above them are given. When they are comfortable where they are sitting and are secure in their places, and the caller calls: ‘O People of Paradise! You have an appointment with Allaah in which He wishes to reward you!’ So they will say: ‘And what is that reward? Has He not already made our faces bright, made our scales heavy, entered us into Paradise, and pushed us away from the Fire?’

And when they are like that, all of a sudden a light shines that encompasses all of Paradise. So, they raise their heads, and, behold: the Compeller – Exalted is He, and Holy are His Names – has come to them from above them and majestified them and said: ‘O People of Paradise! Peace be upon you!’ So, this greeting will not be responded to with anything better than: ‘O Allaah! You are Peace, and from You is Peace! Blessed are You, O possessor of Majesty and Honor!’ So the Lord – Blessed and Exalted – will laugh to them and say: ‘O People of Paradise! Where are those who used to obey Me without having ever seen Me? This is the Day of Increase!’

So, they will all give the same response: ‘We are pleased, so be pleased with us!’ So, He will say: ‘O People of Paradise! If I were not pleased with you, I would not have made you inhabitants of My Paradise! So, ask of Me!’ So, they will all give the same response: ‘Show us your Face so that we may look at it!’ So, the Lord – Mighty and Majestic – will remove his covering and will majestify them and will cover them with His Light, which, if Allaah – the Exalted – had not Willed not to burn them, would have burned them.

And there will not remain a single person in this gathering except that his Lord – the Exalted – will speak to him and say: ‘Do you remember the day that you did this and that?’ and He will remind him of some of his bad deeds in the Worldy life, so he will say: ‘O Lord! Will you not forgive me?’ So, He will say: ‘Of course! You have not reached this position of yours (in Paradise) except by my forgiveness.’

So, how sweet is this speech to the ears, and how cooled are the righteous eyes by the glance at His Noble Face in the Afterlife…

{Some faces that Day will be shining and radiant, looking at their Lord…} (al-Qiyaamah:22-3)

Jazak'Allah khair brother Qatada for reminding again.
 
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^Jazakallahu Khaayr that was really soo BEAUTIFUL . . .MashaAllaah. . .
Makes me realise soo much. . Indeed Allaahs one more than his ownself. .
This thread is awesome MashaAllaah Jazakallahu Khayr
 
Not sure paradisaical to me is about the view as it is about a feeling.. I have experienced this amazing feelings two Ramadan's ago while making maghrib prayer right after breaking fast.. and I have lived since trying to capture that again but even when I come close I am never quite there :(... it was amazing.. sob7an Allah what an amazing feeling that was... no pain, utter contentment, delighted by the hues in the sky, at peace with self, and the world, close to Allah swt.. imagine how many Ramadan's I have had, and only one night stands out as if from paradise.. not sure whether to be happy or sad about that but utterly grateful that Allah swt allowed me to feel that beyond this world sense of peace at least once!..

great thread btw

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τhε ṿαlε'ṡ lïlÿ;1332872 said:
Not sure paradisaical to me is about the view as it is about a feeling.. I have experienced this amazing feelings two Ramadan's ago while making maghrib prayer right after breaking fast.. and I have lived since trying to capture that again but even when I come close I am never quite there :(... it was amazing.. sob7an Allah what an amazing feeling that was... no pain, utter contentment, delighted by the hues in the sky, at peace with self, and the world, close to Allah swt.. imagine how many Ramadan's I have had, and only one night stands out as if from paradise.. not sure whether to be happy or sad about that but utterly grateful that Allah swt allowed me to feel that beyond this world sense of peace at least once!..

great thread btw

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MashaAllah. I loved reading your post sis. What a beautiful example of the True Speech of Allah:


Verily! Only in the remembrance of Allah will your heart find peace."
Quran (Surah 13: Verse 29)
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May Allah bless you with a permanent state of spiritual contentment. Ameen. InshaAllah He will sis because you have a clean heart mashaAllah. :statisfie
 
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MashaAllah. I loved reading your post sis. What a beautiful example of the True Speech of Allah:




May Allah bless you with a permanent state of spiritual contentment. Ameen. InshaAllah He will sis because you have a clean heart mashaAllah. :statisfie
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awwwwww.. Jazaki Allah khyran beloved sis, wa eyakoum kol khyer insha'Allah.. I think maybe Allah swt isn't very pleased with me now a days and for good reasons that I shall keep to myself :(

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LOL good idea! But I agree with Sis Ummu Sufyaan. It's hard enough imagining it. Drawing it is next to impossible. I did kinda see Jannah in a dream when I was about seven. I was walking with Allah and Allah subhana wa ta 'ala showed me some golden scales asked me if I knew what they were for. I said no. And then Allah told me they were to weigh peoples sins and good deeds. Astaghfirullah astaghfirullah astaghfirullah :cry: Well anyway in my dream Jannah just looked like a nice garden to me lol. Astaghfirullah. But at least I was with Allah :cry:
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:ooh: Im so jealous of that dream you had. wow subhanAllah
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mind you i had some good dreams too i cant complain:) i had a dream that i was in this massive beautiful garden, two or three times i had that dream. in one dream i was on this sofa lol high up in the sky and i was with loads of intelligent people lol they were so kind to me. the dream was clear that i still remember it.

i had a dream before i reverted to islaam that i saw jannah and i was travelling through it on a bus lol subhanAllah. there was also two gards with me but they were not human.. they were some other creation. i just knew it was heaven cos of how beautiful it was, it was just huge and extremely pink
 
I'd love to try insh'Allah...maybe in two weeks time I'll have smtg ready to show.
 

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