Les délices du paradis d après Ibn Kathir

The delights of paradise according to Ibn Kathir:
Since the descent of Adam and Eve, man, bound to God by the primordial pact, has never ceased to aspire to find what constitutes for him his first homeland and his place of rest, in the proximity of His Lord. Qatada said, “Adam said to His Lord, 'Lord! asking for forgiveness? » « In that case, answered God, I will give you access to Paradise! »

The memory of Eden has always been revived in the minds of men by the divine Word descended on the Prophets. This is how the Koran, a scripture that came to seal the revelation of God, as well as the Tradition of the Prophet Muhammad (SWS) do not stop with descriptions of Paradise.

This book, The Delights of Paradise, by the scholar Ibn Kathir, is an anthology of verses and hadiths that paint a fantastic but real picture of Paradise, thus invigorating in us the memory of origins. This description encourages us to preserve on the Way to Heaven and encourages us to avoid the cross roads that would lead us away from it.

The author reveals to us all the delights that Paradise can contain in all these details, here are some themes highlighted:

• Description of paradise and eternal happiness.
• Evocation of the number of places in Paradise, their height and their extent
• Evocation of the rooms of Paradise, their height, and their grandeur.
• Evocation of the ground of Paradise.
• The Lotus of the limit.
• From the song of the big-eyed houris.
• The scent of Paradise.
• Horses of Paradise.
• The poor enter Paradise before the rich.
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