عَيْنًۭا فِيهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلْسَبِيلًۭا
'Aynan feeha tusammaa salsabeelaa
[From] a fountain within Paradise named Salsabeel.
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Paradise & Hell
76:18Ayah 131
15 ayahs in Al-Insaan are strongly about Paradise and Hell. This is one of them.
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a spring ‘aynan substitutes for zanjabīlan ‘ginger’ therein named Salsabīl meaning that its water is like ginger which the Arabs find very tasteful and which is very palatable for the throat.
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It (Kauthar) is a canal which my Lord the Exalted and the Glorious has promised me in Paradise. There is a tank over it, but he made no mention of the tumblers like the number of the stars.
“Kauthar is a river in Paradise whose banks are of gold and its
bed
is of rubies and pearls. Its soil is more fragrant than musk, its
water is sweeter than honey and whiter than snow.”
“While I was traveling through Paradise, a river appeared before me whose banks had tents of pearl. I said to the angel: ‘What is this?’ He said: ‘This is Al-Kauthar, which Allah has granted you.’” He said: “Then he put his hand in the clay, and removed musk from it, then I was raised up to Sidrat Al-Muntaha so I saw a magnificent light at it.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is a garden from the gardens of Paradise between my house and my pulpit,
and my pulpit is on my Lake Fount (Al-Kauthar).
Saihan, Jaihan, Euphrates and Nile are all among the rivers of Paradise.
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