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[[File:Jannah.jpg|thumb|A Persian miniature depicting paradise from ''The History of Mohammed'', Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.]]'''Jannah''' (جنة) is the Arabic word for "garden" and is used in Islam to refer to the eternal abode of bliss, or the specific Islamic conception of Heaven. It is also the place from where Adam and his wife Hawa (Eve) are said to have descended after eating from a tree forbidden to the them (the "tree of immortality"<ref>{{Quran-range|20|116|121}}</ref>), thus inaugurating human history. Jannah is the foil to [[Jahannam (Hell)]], which is the eternal abode of torment. Both are said to coexist with the temporal world but will only be occupied by humans after the Day of Judgement.<ref name=":02">{{Citation|title=Encyclopaedia of Islam|publisher=E.J. Brill|volume=3 H-Ir|editor1=B. Lewis|editor2=Ch. Pellat|editor3=J. Schacht|edition=New Edition [2nd]|location=Leiden|chapter=Djanna|pages=447-452|publication-date=1991|isbn=90 04 07026 5}}</ref> | [[File:Jannah.jpg|thumb|A Persian miniature depicting paradise from ''The History of Mohammed'', Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.]]'''Jannah''' (جنة) is the Arabic word for "garden" and is used in Islam to refer to the eternal abode of bliss, or the specific Islamic conception of Heaven. It is also the place from where Adam and his wife Hawa (Eve) are said to have descended after eating from a tree forbidden to the them (the "tree of immortality"<ref>{{Quran-range|20|116|121}}</ref>), thus inaugurating human history. Jannah is the foil to [[Jahannam (Hell)]], which is the eternal abode of torment. Both are said to coexist with the temporal world but will only be occupied by humans after the Day of Judgement.<ref name=":02">{{Citation|title=Encyclopaedia of Islam|publisher=E.J. Brill|volume=3 H-Ir|editor1=B. Lewis|editor2=Ch. Pellat|editor3=J. Schacht|edition=New Edition [2nd]|location=Leiden|chapter=Djanna|pages=447-452|publication-date=1991|isbn=90 04 07026 5}}</ref> | ||
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Repitition is a tool the Qur'anic author often turns to: | |||
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Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers, | Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers, | ||
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====Geographical explanation==== | ====Geographical explanation==== | ||
Islam's origin in one of the world's most arid regions in all likelihood accounts for the imagery that dominates the Qur'anic portrayal of paradise. | Islam's origin in one of the world's most arid regions in all likelihood accounts for the imagery that dominates the Qur'anic portrayal of paradise. The prominence of rivers in its pages surely has roots in the desert environment of its original listeners, who highly prized rivers and oasises. | ||
[[Image:Birthplaceofislam.jpg|thumb|center|upright=2|Map of the world from satellite pictures (picture by NASA)]] | [[Image:Birthplaceofislam.jpg|thumb|center|upright=2|Map of the world from satellite pictures (picture by NASA)]] | ||