In chapter 5 the Qur’an has Jesus declare, “Indeed whoever ascribes partners to Allah, Allah shall forbid him paradise, and his refuge shall be the Fire, and the wrongdoers will not have any helpers” (Q 5:72). On numerous occasions the Qur’an seems to promise unbelievers that their destiny is hellfire. In the Qur’anic hell those punished will be struck by angels, drink boiling water, and eat from the tree of Zaqqum, whose fruit is like the heads of devils. The Qur’an also threatens its audience with vivid images of hell, described with various terms including Jahannam (Greek geenna or “Gehenna,” derived ultimately from the Hebrew term ge Hinnom, “the valley of Hinnom”-the name of a valley on the outskirts of Jerusalem where pagan sacrifices once took place). Meaning “The Garden of Eden,” inviting the intriguing possibility that heavenlyīliss is a return to the Garden in which God placed the first human couple. Several occasions the Qur’an describes paradise with the term jannat ʿadn, Where the blessed will recline, eat, drink, and be accompanied by women. In the Qur’an paradise is indeed a garden, a place “garden”) and firdaws (from Greek paradeisos, whence too theĮnglish word paradise). Paradise, which it names janna (related to Hebrew gan, meaning The divine voice of the Qur’anĪssures its audience that those who are faithful and do good will enter into Notions to the Qur’an, the scripture of Islam.
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