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The Quran speaks dozens of times about "gardens under which rivers flow" in paradise (جنة, ''jannah'' in Arabic). The word ''jannah'' itself could be translated as "garden". So Islamic paradise is described as a garden with rivers. | The Quran speaks dozens of times about "gardens under which rivers flow" in paradise (جنة, ''jannah'' in Arabic). The word ''jannah'' itself could be translated as "garden". So Islamic paradise is described as a garden with rivers. | ||
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The Qur'an repeatedly described heaven as comprising "Gardens under which rivers flow"; here is ansuch example. | The Qur'an repeatedly described heaven as comprising "Gardens under which rivers flow"; here is ansuch example. | ||