An-Nahl (The Bee)
Verse 31
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31. “Gardens of Eternity they shall enter, therein beneath (the trees of) which rivers flow, wherein they will have whatever they desire for. Thus Allah rewards the pious.”
The reward for abstinence from the forbidden pleasures of this world is the unending success in the Hereafter.
In this noble verse, the residence of the pious, which was briefly alluded to before, is being discussed, saying that the residence of the pious are the eternal gardens of Paradise into which all enter, where flowing streams pass beneath its trees.
The verse says:
“Gardens of Eternity they shall enter, therein beneath (the trees of) which rivers flow…”
The issue in question is not merely the gardens and the trees, but for them there are all things which please them at their disposal.
The verse continues:
“…wherein they will have whatever they desire for…”
In conclusion, it states at the end of the verse:
“…Thus Allah rewards the pious.”