Month: May 2023

 

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, Most Merciful. We read in the Scripture, the proven word of God, that God is love, that God is peace, that He is the most compassionate, the most merciful. Yet, when we look around us in this world, we see a lot of misery, a lot of war, oppression. The vast majority of people in the world are suffering from poverty, diseases, starvation, cancer. And the question, the inevitable question that arises is why? If God is loving, compassionate, and merciful, as we read in the Scripture, if God is in full control, why do we see all these problems, the earthquakes, the miseries? Why so? As you see, we are dealing with some very heavy material. When we look around us all over the world, we see a lot of misery, a lot of famine, starvation, poverty, accidents, earthquakes, problems, diseases, cancer. The world is full of problems. The vast majority of the world is under dictatorship, oppression, and poverty. So the inevitable question that pops up in our minds, justifiably so, is: If God is full of love and compassion and mercy, why all these problems? Why does God permit this famine, starvation, accidents, and misery? It’s a legitimate question, and this article deals with this question.

In order to answer the question, “Why are we here, and what is the purpose of our lives?” we have to go back in time to where there was God and nothing else.

Then, God created the angels to perform functions where the existence of God is not necessary or simply devastating, as we will learn later on in the article.

The angels had to possess immense powers, and just to give you an idea, today the angels have to travel billions of light years in only a few of our hours. They have to possess immense powers, and God gave the angels immense powers. We have heard in the last few years about questions like, “How many angels can dance on the tip of a pin?”—this kind of silly question—but the exact opposite is true. Just to give you an idea, one angel can hold the planet Earth in one hand. We know these things now after the discovery of the mathematical code and the mathematically proven statements in the scriptures. One of the angels became infatuated with his God-given powers. He had so much power that he thought he could be a god in his own right. That angel’s name was Lucifer, or Satan, or the Devil, or El Diablo. He has many names. Let us call him Satan for the purposes of this article. You can imagine Satan flying in the universe and saying to himself, “I can be a god in my own right. I can rule part of this universe by myself.” That was all in his head, and of course, his fellow angels had no idea what Satan was thinking. But God knew about Satan’s super serious thoughts deep in his head. God knew those thoughts, and there were two alternatives. Either God could simply wipe out Satan, and in this case, the angels would wonder; they would be perplexed. Why did God do this to Satan? Satan didn’t do anything wrong. The other alternative was to expose Satan first. And to do this, God decided to create a tiny, minute creature from a lowly material—mud. You can imagine the size of the human being compared to the size of an angel who can hold the planet Earth in his hand. So God created a tiny creature from mud, then God ordered the angels to bow down before Adam, this tiny creature. They all did, except, you know who, Satan. And thus, Satan was exposed as a rebel. Now, the angels see for themselves that Satan is a rebel who deserves to be banished from God’s kingdom. That was the first reason for creating the human race. It was mercy from God that He decided to expose Satan first by creating the tiny creature from mud, then ordering the angels to fall prostrate, bow down before Adam.

The other reason for creating the human race is a bit more complicated to understand. This second reason, we have to go back to the time when Satan was infatuated with his power and saying, “I can rule part of this universe by myself. I can be a god in my own right.” God said to himself, when he knew about Satan’s super serious thoughts, “Alright, you want to be a god? I will make you a god and see how good you are. There is much more to godhood than you think.” This is what God thought to himself, and this is where the second reason for creating us comes in.

In order to make Satan a god temporarily, God decided to give Satan a dominion and constituents. In order to be a god or a king, you have to have a dominion and constituents. To give Satan a dominion, God went out of his way to show Satan that the dominion God is giving to Satan is really tiny, minute. God created this vast universe, the seven universes that I described to you, and in this vast universe, God told Satan, “I’m giving you this tiny, tiny planet Earth. This is your dominion.” So, now that Satan has his dominion, where will he get his constituents?

That’s right, the human race. God created the human beings and gave them the freedom of choice. God told us, you and me and everyone of us, that if we choose Satan’s kingdom, we belong in Satan’s kingdom, and if we choose God’s kingdom, then we belong in God’s kingdom. Now, this choice depends on siding with Satan’s point of view or God’s point of view. God’s point of view is that God alone is Lord of the universes. He has no partners, no other gods besides Him. This is God’s point of view, and when you agree with this point of view, you will belong in God’s kingdom.

Satan’s point of view, on the other hand, is that God alone is not enough. There can be or there must be another god or gods besides Him, and Satan wanted to be that other god. So the human beings have the freedom of choice, and those among them who side with Satan’s point of view become Satan’s constituents. So now Satan has his dominion, the planet Earth, and his constituents, the human beings who side with his point of view. And Satan is being tested as a god. The results are all around us. Now you know why the famine, the starvation, the misery, the accidents, the cancer.

Satan’s kingdom is plagued with these problems. On the other hand, these problems do not exist in God’s kingdom. When you side with God’s point of view, that is, decide that God alone is Lord of the universes without any other idols in your life, you belong in God’s kingdom. And God’s kingdom has no cancer, no accidents, no headaches, no problems. God’s kingdom is characterized by perfect health, perfect wealth, and perfect peace, perfect happiness.

This might sound unbelievable, but it’s true. God’s kingdom is characterized by perfect health, perfect wealth, perfect happiness, and joy. When you choose God’s point of view, you will belong in God’s kingdom, and you will have no headaches, no problems, no traffic tickets. You will forget what headaches are. You will have no financial problems, no health problems. God runs the universes, and this is His law. If you belong in God’s kingdom, there will be no accidents in your life, no misery, no marital problems, no problems of any kind.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of people have sided with Satan’s point of view that God alone is not enough. They do this by idolizing, setting up idols like Muhammad or Jesus or Mary or San Francisco or the boss or the dollar. They set up all kinds of idols, and when they do this, they uphold Satan’s point of view, and automatically they become Satan’s constituents.

Don’t get me wrong, Satan is trying very hard to make his kingdom the planet Earth and his constituents the people who choose him and his point of view. He is trying very hard to make his kingdom a perfect kingdom. He wants very badly for his constituents to enjoy perfect health, perfect wealth, and perfect peace and happiness. But he just can’t, and this is the whole idea. Satan is being put to the test with a dominion and constituents, and his incompetence as a god has been proven. And this is the whole idea of our existence.

And here, we are not talking about some kingdom to come after life or something like that, but we are talking about now. You and I. And some of you may ask, “I didn’t want to be in this test. Why am I here involuntarily?” And this is a wrong question because we learn from the scripture that is proven by mathematical code, by physical evidence, to be God’s message to the world. We learn that you and I and every human being was asked whether we want the freedom of choice or not. We met God before the creation of the heavens and the earth, and we bore witness that He alone is our Lord. But this knowledge is obscured with this body. We cannot remember it now. We will remember it when we get rid of this body, this garment, and become free again. What we are talking about here is that every human being, you see, is either a constituent of God or a constituent of Satan. And as said earlier, constituents of God enjoy perfect health, perfect wealth, and perfect happiness and joy now in this world.

Satan’s constituents are plagued with problems: financial, marital, health. They have all kinds of problems. And we have to emphasize that these statements are proven by physical evidence, by the mathematical code of the Quran. It is very important to realize that we are not talking from the top of our head, that this is proven material by physical evidence that anyone can examine and verify. When you are in God’s kingdom, when you side with God’s point of view, that God alone is Lord, without any idols, without Muhammad or Jesus or Mary or the saints or the boss or the dollar, you belong in God’s kingdom, and you enjoy a perfect life.

When you side with Satan’s point of view here in this world, you suffer the consequences. What you see around the world is the consequence of Satan’s incompetence as a god. God gave him this planet Earth and gave us the freedom to choose him and become his constituents.

The scripture tells us that if God wins, He can make all the people believers, which is true. If God wills, He can make all the people on Earth believers. The question is, why doesn’t He? And the answer in the scriptures is, if God made all the people believers, where will Satan get his constituents to prove Satan’s incompetence as a god?

See, we are here to provide Satan with constituents, those among us with our freedom of choice who chooses Satan becomes his constituents. By their choice, this is happening here and now. Any human being you look at belongs either in God’s kingdom or in Satan’s kingdom, whether they know it or not. There is no other choice. You either belong in God’s kingdom or in Satan’s kingdom. How can you tell?

If you have any problems whatsoever – if you have headaches, financial problems, health problems, marital problems, any kind of problems – this will be your hint that you have made the choice to side with Satan’s kingdom. Somehow, you will have to examine your own life.

That is the difference between Satan’s kingdom and God’s kingdom. God’s kingdom is characterized by perfect health, perfect wealth, and peace of mind.

If you look into your life and find that your life is full of problems or has some problems, if you come to the conclusion that you have been victimized by Satan or duped by Satan into joining his kingdom, what is the way out? How can you join God’s kingdom? How can I join God’s kingdom? This is a very easy matter. At the same time, it is not so easy for the reasons that I’m going to explain to you.

First of all, you have to come to a solid, unshakable conclusion that God alone is the Lord of the universe, that no one besides God can help you or harm you. You have to come to this solid conclusion. So let us say you claim that you came to this conclusion, that you believe that God alone is the Lord of the universe. The scripture tells us in the Quran, Chapter 29, Verse 2. I’m going to quote it now: “Do the people think that they will be left to say, ‘We believe,’ without being put to the test? We will surely put them to the test to distinguish those who are telling the truth from the liars.”

Therefore, when you make this claim that you believe that God alone is the Lord of the universe, you will have to be put to the test to show that you’re not just offering lip service, that this is a deep, solid, unshakable conviction.

We read in the Bible that Job was put to the test. Satan inflicted a lot of harm upon Job, and this is my chance to tell you that any problems, any diseases, any accidents, any misery, is inflicted only by Satan. God does not inflict any harm on His creation.

There are four kinds of disasters. The first kind is the admission tests. What I call admission tests when you or I claim that we believe that God alone is Lord of the universe without any idols, we must be put to the test. These admission tests are designed to show that we uphold this conviction solidly, unshakably, under all circumstances—rich or poor, health or sickness. Admission tests are characterized by the fact that they do not leave permanent damage. They test you thoroughly, and then you are admitted into God’s kingdom. That is the first kind of disaster.

The second kind of disaster is called an educational disaster. This is designed to bring us back into God’s kingdom if we sway out of God’s kingdom, if we make a mistake and step out of God’s kingdom. This is exactly what happens: you step out of God’s kingdom, and Satan captures you, smites you, gives you a problem, a disaster, and this will be your attention-getter. You will be alerted that you have stepped out of God’s kingdom, and you will come back fast. That is called an educational disaster. And as you see, admission tests and educational disasters are inflicted by Satan.

The third kind is called blessings in disguise, and these appear to be disasters. But when they are passed, you look back on them and you discover that they were actually good for you. You go apply for a job or something, and you don’t get it. You flunk in the interview, and you’re very upset because you wanted that job. But later on, you discover that with time, you obtained a better job, and that had you succeeded in getting that job, it would have been much worse for you. So that is a blessing in disguise.

The fourth kind of disaster is retributive disaster, and it happens when a society or an individual reaches the point of corruption where there is no reform, the point of no reform. A good example in the Bible and the Quran, in the scriptures, is Sodom and Gomorrah. The people of Sodom and Gomorrah were corrupted beyond reform. They became hopelessly trapped in their corruption, and God decided to inflict the retributive disaster that they deserved. And this is the only kind that you may attribute to God, but actually, it is the end of their life. It was the final blow, and death is a fact of life, as you know—everyone dies. So it is not really a disaster since it is the final act. Death is a fact of life; we all die, and that is not a disaster. So these are the four kinds of disasters.

You might have heard a story that was told by a famous preacher about two men. One believed in God, and the other did not. The man who believed in God was telling his friend, “Well, listen, if you don’t believe in God, then if there is a day of judgment, you will be in deep trouble. But if you believe in God and there is no day of judgment and there is no God, you’ve got nothing to lose.” Now, this argument, the preacher said, makes sense. It makes sense that you believe in God. But actually, it doesn’t quite work like that. You cannot believe in God just in case there is a God. The only way is to reach deep, solid, unshakable conviction about God—not only that God exists but also that God is the only Lord of the universe, that there is no idol, no other God besides Him. And as I told you, it is very easy to make the switch from Satan’s kingdom to God’s kingdom. All you need to do is to reach this deep conviction. You have many years to study, look around, research, think, reflect, and make a decision. And if you are fortunate to make a decision to join God’s kingdom by believing that God alone is Lord of the universe, then you would be put to the test to show that you mean it, that it is not only lip service or just in case, as in that story.

Your decision to join God’s Kingdom, based on deep, unshakable conviction, must be accompanied by repentance and remorse for the wrong things you have done in the past. You simply say to God, “I’m sorry I did those things. I am sorry I did not side with Your point of view. That I fell into idol worship. I committed certain sins. I will never do them again. I repent to You.” This repentance wipes out all your sins; you become like a newborn baby, no sins whatsoever. Better yet, we learn from the Scripture that all your sins of the past will be transformed into credits. And credits mean growth, development, and strengthening of your soul. So, on the day of judgment, you will be strong and able to withstand the energy of God, being close to God Himself.

A lot of people ask the question, “Why are the children suffering? Why are the innocent children suffering?” In the last few years, we have been watching in our living rooms, on the TV, children starving and dying in Africa.

And a lot of people are justified in asking, “Why are the children suffering?” It is very important to point out that when we side with Satan’s point of view, we move ourselves and our families out of God’s Kingdom into Satan’s Kingdom. We and our families become constituents in Satan’s Kingdom and subject to Satan’s incompetence as a temporary god. This is why the children are suffering. On the other hand, the suffering and death of those children is actually a blessing in disguise. When we study the Scripture carefully, we realize that these children are going straight to Heaven, and it is indeed a blessing for them. They actually do not die; they move on from this life to a much better life. The chances of those children growing up and making the right choice, siding with God’s point of view, the chance is very nil that they will do that. And it is far better for those children to die now and go to Heaven than to suffer for a long time and then end up not making it and ending up in an eternal Hell.

This brings us to a very important issue: the unforgivable sin. At the end of our term in this world, at the time of death, murder is forgivable, adultery is forgivable, stealing is forgivable, lying, cheating, all these are forgivable sins. There is only one unforgivable sin when maintained until the time of death. This one unforgivable sin is idol worship.

We fully appreciate now why idol worship is the only unforgivable offense. Because now we realize that the whole idea behind our existence, the whole idea behind creating us, is to provide Satan with the constituents who agree with his point of view, that God alone is not enough, that there can be other gods, other idols besides God. The grossness of idol worship can be appreciated when you remind yourself that the planet Earth is 93 million miles from the Sun, and it takes light only a few minutes to reach us from the Sun? But from the edge of our galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy, the light takes not minutes, not days, not years, not centuries. It takes thirty thousand years for the light to travel from the planet Earth to the edge of our galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy. Can you imagine how tiny the planet Earth is in the Milky Way Galaxy? Andmour universe contains 1 billion galaxies like the Milky Way, and distances up to 26 billion light years. So, where is the planet Earth in our universe? It is almost nothing. And our universe is one of seven universes. The other six are much larger universes, if you can imagine that. So, the planet Earth is terribly insignificant. Now, on this tiny, insignificant planet Earth, a man named Muhammad walked for 63 years. All his life, from birth to death, was 63 years. On this tiny, insignificant planet Earth, there was this human being, Muhammad, and millions of people around the world idolize him against his will. Can you imagine the grossness of this idol worship? On this tiny, minute, insignificant planet Earth, a man named Jesus, a creature of God, walked on the Earth for 33 years. So, how significant is he? How significant is Muhammad? And you can imagine, you can appreciate the grossness of idol worship when people idolize creatures of God like Muhammad or Jesus or Mary or the saints who walked on this Earth for a limited period of time. And this planet Earth, as you see, the whole planet Earth is terribly insignificant. So now, with the study of the Scriptures and the physical evidence supporting it, we come to appreciate that the only unforgivable offense is idol worship. God is holding the seven universes in His hand, and we see now that our purpose in life, to be successful, is to side with God’s point of view, that He alone is enough. God describes His greatness in the Scriptures for us to appreciate God and to see that He alone is Lord. And we, and to see and appreciate the grossness of idolizing anyone else. The definition of idol worship, by the way, is that if you believe that anyone other than the one who created you can benefit you, then you have fallen into idol worship. This is the definition of idol worship. If you believe that anyone other than the one true God, the one, the specific one who created you, if you believe that anyone other than God can benefit you, then you have fallen into idol worship.

 

By: Rashad Khalifa, the Messenger of the Covenant

 

It’s a well-established fact by now that if you live in Europe, Mecca is towards South-East. In Asia, Mecca is towards South-West, or West. In Australia and the islands around it, Mecca is towards North-West; in sub-Saharan Africa, Mecca is towards North-East; and in North Africa Mecca is towards East or slightly South of East; in South America, Mecca is towards North-East. And people agree about these regardless of the type of map they use – whether they use a flat map, or a globe.

But when it comes to the continent of North-America, people do not agree anymore.

Those who use a flat map say that Mecca is towards the South-East,

and those who use a globe say that Mecca is towards the North-East.

So who is right?

Here are the arguments for both sides first:

1. Those who like to follow North-East, say that this is the shortest distance between North America and Mecca, and therefore this mus be the direction. However, there is a drawback to this argument, because this direction starts as North-East, but it eventually turns into South-East anyway.
2. On the other hand, those who like to follow South-East say that this is constantly South-East, and this would be a direction which is constantly the same relative to the stars. However, there is a drawback to this argument as well, because this is not really the shortest distance, and a direction is supposed to be the shortest distance between two points.

So, as you can see, both sides have arguments pro and against. This means that they don’t have enough arguments – they don’t have conclusive arguments. And when arguments are not enough, we need guidance (6:77, 27:63), and that is why God sends messengers (2:150-151, 49:7, 65:11). And, the guidance is in the Quran (27:77, 41:44).

The Quran never directly orders the believers to face Mecca, or Kaaba, per se (5:95, 5:97, 48:24, 3:96); it only orders us to face the Sacred Masjid (2:144, 2:149, 2:150). And there is a difference between these. The difference is that Mecca is the City (48:24), Kaaba is the cube shaped building (5:95, 5:97), and the Sacred Masjid is the ground underneath that building. So even if destroy Kaaba and Mecca, the Sacred Masjid would still be there. So, since the Sacred Masjid is the ground underneath Kaaba, if we go one meter underneath the ground, would it still be a sacred masjid? Of course. If you go two meters underneath the ground, would it still be a Sacred Masjid? Of course. If we go ten meters underneath the ground, would it still be a Sacred Masjid? Of course. If we go one mile underneath Kaaba, would it still be a Sacred Masjid? Of course. And if we go all the way to the center of the Earth, would it still be the Sacred Masjid? Of course. This means that the center of the earth is part of the Sacred Masjid. And, if we turn towards the center of the Earth, that means that we would turn towards the Sacred Masjid, and that’s what we do when we do the Contact Prayers. When we do the Contact Prayers, we bow down, and we prostrate, and at both times we are facing the center of the Earth (2:144). So, if you do the Contact Prayers, in each case you are facing the Sacred Masjid, regardless if you are turning East, or West, or North or South – it does not matter (2:177).

When you do the Contact Prayer, you are facing the Sacred Masjid.

So, it really does not matter which way you turn. All directions belong to God (2:142, 2:177, 2:115, 73:9). And this matter of turning towards the North-East or the South-East has nothing to do with righteousness (2:177, 2:142). It’s so not important, that it is not even religion – it’s geography.

Let’s emphasize the issue even more: The Contact Prayers are like money, with which you can buy heavenly food (2:277, 7:170), and whether you pay with them with the bill facing up or with the bill facing down, it really does not matter. The bill has the same value, face up, or face down. And you can even fold it, and it still has the same value. And the case of North America is like folded money. Part of it is facing down, and part of it is facing up, but it still has the same value. So, in the case of North America, part of the Qiblah is North-East, and part of the Qiblah is South-East; but it still has the same value. God will not waste your Contact Prayers, because of the direction which you are following (2:143).

So, if the Contact Prayers have the same value, regardless of the direction you turn, then why would God tell us to face the Sacred Masjid? Well, it’s simply to distinguish those who follow the messenger, from those who do not (2:143). And this is why the very definition of the word “Qiblah” in the Quran is ‘the direction with which the messenger is pleased with’ (2:144). So, it’s simply a matter of preference – whichever way the messenger like (2:144), and it has nothing to do with right and wrong (2:177).

Therefore, it’s not even theoretically possible for God’s messenger to misguide you in this issue, because this matter has nothing to do with right and wrong. It’s simply a matter of taste – whether you like what the messenger (chooses) likes (2:144). And this finally brings us to the question. What does the messenger like? Does the messenger like Qiblah to be North-East for the United States and Canada, or does the messenger Qiblah to be South-East for the United States and Canada? And here is what Clarifying Mesenger, Alban Fejza, chooses:

Instead of giving you directions, he gives us the liberty (4:28) – Liberty, by informing us that what he likes for Qiblah for the United States and Canada is the whole range of directions from North-East to South-East (2:148).

He likes them all. This means that from Alaska, Qiblah is the whole range of directions between North and South-West. The rest of the world might say, ‘Wait a minute! Why do American get a chance to choose from a range of directions, while we have to follow a more specific direction. Is it fair? Yes it is, because, the rest of the world had the privilege to build mosques before building roads, and this gave the rest of the world the opportunity to adjust the roads according to the mosques, while Americans have built roads before building mosques, and this is why they are forced to adjust the mosques according to the roads, and according to the urban planning. And of course, this additional flexibility will have to be paid for. For example, North Americans, when they travel to Hajj, they will have a longer distance, and therefore more expensive flight tickets.

So, this whole time, what people might have perceived as confusion and uncertainty about this issue (2:142), was in fact purposeful liberty, and purposeful flexibility from God (2:148).

In cases when someone else is leading the prayer for you, then you just follow them (2:43), because it’s not possible to go wrong in this issue. And when you are praying alone, for example, at work you can choose one direction, because that’s how it suits you (2:148), then you can go home, and pray in another direction, as long as it’s between North-East and South-East for USA and Canada (2:148, 2:144), and let’s say, then you go to the masjid, and pray in another direction (2:43) – it really does not matter (2:177) – you can constantly change your mind, wherever you go. And the whole range of directions between North-East and South-East are correct – all of them (2:142, 2:115, 2:177).

CONCLUSION:

• In the USA and Canada, Qiblah is EVERYTHING between North-East and South East (2:145, 2:148) because that the way the messenger likes it
• Other directions are also not wrong (2:177), but that’s simply not the way which the messenger likes (2:144).
• No wrong Qiblah (2:177, 2:148). IT’S ONLY WRONG TO ARGUE ABOUT IT (2:142).

 

Sumary of All Qiblah Directions:

 

 

 

 

The tables in the video above show you the Night of Destiny dates during a specific year of our century, for your specific location. The Night of Destiny, or ‘Laylat al-Qadr’ in Arabic, is the night in which the angles and the Spirit descend (97:4), It is the night in which the Quran was revealed (97:1), and it is also one of the Ramadan nights (2:185). But which Ramadan night exactly? People have speculated about this for centuries (10:36), and now finally God has revealed this information to us – the correct information, and we can extract it from the Quran. Here it is:

In the short chapter which talks about The Night of Destiny, the fifth verse gives it away. It says:

“Peaceful it is until the advent of the dawn.” (97:5)

This is, of course, not talking about peace between, humans – because so many wars and crimes go on right through the night of destiny. This is talking about peace between angels and jinns, as we can see it from other verses in the Quran, and especially from the fourth verse in the same chapter (97:4).

And the jinns who are made of fire (38:76), when they try to cross into our dimension, they are chased by the light of the stars, the light of the sun and the light of the moon (67:5, 72:9), and this is not peace. Peace is when they are not being chased (72:1). Therefore, angels can not make peace with jinns under sunlight and under moonlight. It has to be a night (no sun), and it has to be moonless – a moonless night.

So, in this context, let’s replace the word ‘peace’ with the word ‘moonless’ and here is what we get:

“Moonless it is until the advent of the dawn.” (97:5)

And this sentence now gives us the exact times, the exact dates of the Night of Destiny: Moonless it is, until the advent of the dawn.

So the Night of Destiny is the Ramadan Night which is moonless until the advent of dawn. (97:5), and this means that the moon rises after the beginning of Astronomical Dawn, and this can happen anywhere from the 19^th night of Ramadan until the 29^th night of Ramadan.

So now that we know it, we can simply look it up in the astronomical almanacs, and we did it for you, and the results are in the tables in the video above. By the way, you can see from those tables that calculations for specific locations in the extreme north or extreme south are not available (n/a), and this is due to the polar night or the polar day or the absence of dawn, and this means that in these regions, the Night of Destiny simply merges together with the rest of the nights, and this means that when the Night of Destiny ends in our locations, it does not really end – it simply retreats towards the North Pole or the South Pole depending on which one of them is in darkness.

However, there is a particular case when it is forced to end, and this happens when it is daylight both at the North Pole and the South Pole, and this is called the Spring Equinox or the Fall Equinox. And this can only happen during the Spring Equinox and the Fall Equinox. A simplified computer simulation can show that this happens after 1025 months sometimes, and after 1640 months at other times, and both these time periods are longer than a thousand months. So, this partly explains the verse which says that the Night of Destiny is better than a thousand months (97:3), It’s because, it is longer than a thousand months.

But of course, at the specific location where you live, it happens only once a year during Ramadan, and the exact dates for your location are in the tables presented in the video above.

°Let’s take year 2095 as an example. Let’s say that you live in London at this time, and you can search “London Latitude”, and you get 51° North, and in the table for the year 2095 in the video you can see that at 51° North, the Night of Destiny starts on the 1^st of February which happens to be the 26^th Ramadan night, while in Istanbul (41° N) for example, the Night of Destiny starts on the 2^nd of February which happens to be the 27^th Ramadan night, but in other years it can be in any of the last ten nights of Ramadan (89:2).

This is why the Quran says:

“By the dawn, and the ten nights” (89:1-2), because the moon rises at dawn only in any of the last ten nights of Ramadan. And we finally know the exact night (75:19), because this generation is obsessed with calendars and planning (3:54, 13:42), and God with His mercy decided that since some people are going to plan for it anyway, then at least let them have the correct date (25:13).

 

Conclusion

The Night of Destiny is the Ramadan night in which the moon rises after Astronomical Dawn for the first time; it is a moonless night until the advent of dawn. (97:5). Therefore, it is predictable with astronomical precision.

 

The video above shows you the calendar dates in which fasting is possible and the dates in which fasting is not possible for all geographical latitudes, one after another. Fasting is not possible in certain Extreme Norther and Extreme Southern Regions, which happens only at certain times of the year in locations above 49 degrees in Latitude, because of lack of beginning of astronomical dawn or lack of sunset. Both sunset and beginning of astronomical dawn are necessary for fasting, because fasting starts at the beginning of astronomical dawn and ends at sunset. And when one of them is missing, fasting is not possible.

We find instructions about what to do in this situation in the Quran. It says:

“…those of you who witness the month of Ramadan shall fast in it, and those who are ill or IN BRIGHTNESS (safar),fast the same number of other days…” (2:185).

The word “brightness (safar)” is also used in other verses, where it refers to ‘bright faces’ (80:38), and in verse 74:34 where it refers to ‘brightness of the dawn’. In other words, situations when the night is bright,  when it does not get completely dark, or continuous twilight (74:34), or as the Nordics call them “white nights”.

The exact astronomical definition of this is “nights in which the sun does not go more than 18° under horizon.”

So, when Ramadan comes, and it is not possible to fast (due to safar – brightness of the dawn), then we simply can not fast. We compensate those missed days after Ramadan, at the earliest possible time of the year, when fasting becomes possible again.

By the way, all kinds of fasting are acceptable to God, even if you are just dieting, losing weight, but here I am talking about fasting like Muhammad, and Abraham, the perfect form of obligatory fasting. So, at certain times of the year in the extreme north and south, you will not be able to fast like Abraham and Muhammad. I am not saying, “Do not do it.” I am saying “It’s not possible to do it”, and God orders us to do it properly, even if it has to be outside the month of Ramadan (2:184-185, 187).

The Quran instructs us that fasting should be done from the beginning of dawn (when the sun is 18° below horizon), until sunset. (2:187).

Another rare situation, which happens only in polar circles, is when sunset is also missing. In those rare cases, you do not even need to compensate the fasting, because those are not full days. You can not have a Quranic day without sunset. I show these dates with dark red in the calendar.

The Quran informs us that fasting is obligatory only on specific days which are specifically prepared for fasting (2:184).

It says, “Prepared days (are designated for fasting)…” (2:184)

Just to drive the point home, let me inform you that the pillars of Submission or Islam or religious rituals include Contact Prayers, Obligatory Charity, Hajj, and Fasting. We do not find Ramadan as pillar of submission anywhere in the Quran. But fasting is obligatory for believers (2:183). It is obligatory during Ramadan when it is possible to fast during Ramadan, and it is obligatory outside of Ramadan when it is only possible to fast outside of Ramadan (2:185).

By the way, the previous prophets also fasted (2:183), but not necessarily during Ramadan. Ramadan only became a mandatory month of fasting when the Quran was revealed (2:185), so that the believers can organize easier (2:185) (i.e. preparing food together, easier spousal relations; I mean, it can be frustrating for a spouse not to know when the other spouse is fasting and out of reach). So, Ramadan is a timetable to help with easier coordination of fasting between people (2:185). However, it is fasting which brings you closer to God (2:183, 33:35), not Ramadan. So, as long as you fast about thirty days per year (inside or outside of Ramadan), you are fulfilling one of the main pillars of submission to God: Fasting.

 

In the video above, you can see the most accurate and concise Ramadan calendar for the whole inhabited world. The bottom part of the video maps for you the first day of Ramadan dates and the last day of Ramadan dates, chronologically, for this century. You can pause the video at any of the years. And the top part of the video shows you how those dates are calculated – the correct method of calculation.

The correct method is emphasized because Ramadan starts with a new moon and ends with a new moon, but the Muslim Scholars do not agree about the definition of the new moon. Some say, “the new moon happens when you see it”. Others say, “it is not possible to calculate it” and others say, “it happens at Lunar Conjunction”. They support these ideas by tradition, misunderstood science, personal experience, or blind obedience, but they are unaware that we can find the exact definition of the new moon in the Quran. Here is the correct definition from the Quran, Chapter 2, Verse 189; it says:

“They ask you about the new moons. Say, “They are appointed times for people, and Hajj, and it is not right (for the new moons) to enter nights from noon, but right is to be cautious, and enter nights from their (night entrance) sunset…”

And this specific meaning of the verse can be found in the Arabic Quran. Some translators, translate the words “night”, “noon” and “sunset” in this verse out of context as if though they talk about “houses” “backdoors” and “front doors”, relying on common Arabic language. But the best Arabic Standard is the Quran, and we can use it to deduce the proper meanings of these words from other verses where they are mentioned in the Quran. We find these Arabic words in other verse of the Quran, where the word “bayatan” actually means “night” (4:81, 4:108, 7:4, 7:97, 10:50, 27:49), not necessarily “house”; and the word “dhuhr” means ‘noon’ (24:58), not necessarily “back-door”, and the word “baba” means “sky gate” (15:14), not necessarily “house gate”.

So, the correct definition of the new moon from verse 2:189 is the moon which does not come at noon, but comes at sunset, and it enters the night after sunset.

So, the first night of Ramadan is the first night where the moon sets after sunset, and the day that follows it is the first day of Ramadan. And the last day of Ramadan is the day that precedes the night in which the moon sets after sunset.

Now, this definition is calculable, precise, Quranic, unifying, and correct, and scientifically empirical because it uses the actual western horizon as a cutting line between the moon and the sun, and not imaginary lines in deep space like in the Lunar Conjunction definition which is measured from noon, not from sunset.

So, Ramadan and the other lunar months start WHEN THE MOON SETS AFTER SUNSET. This is a very simple and precise definition.

To make this definition even more precise, the video takes into account the fact that astronomers measure sunset and moonset from the tops of their discs, which is correct for sunset, but moonset needs to be measured from the bottom, from its potentially visible crescent part, and this difference in measurement is about three minutes. In other words, the whole moon needs to be above horizon at the moment when the whole sun is under horizon. So, the more accurate definition is:

RAMADAN STARTS ON THE FIRST NIGHT WHEN THE MOON SETS AT LEAST 3 MINUTES AFTER SUNSET. THE FOLLOWING DAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF RAMADAN

The video uses this definition to calculate Ramadan dates for the whole world, and they are mapped in the video, so you can find them readily available.

In cases when you are unsure between two dates from the map, just go with the later date. This is in accordance with verse 2:189 telling us to be cautions, meaning “choose the later date when you are unsure”.

By the way, during Ramadan days, believers fast from the beginning of dawn until sunset. And in case there is no sunset or no beginning of astronomical dawn at your location, you can learn how to deal with it in the other clarification titled “Fasting in the Extreme North and South”.

 

By: Alban Fejza, the Clarifying Messenger

 

Acknowledgment:

Sunset and Moonset data extracted from the US Naval Observatory, and validated by data from HM Nautical Almanac Office. Twenty geographical data points were found for each map where

Moonset = Sunset + 3 min.

Data were modeled using polynomial regressions (R²=0.998), and then mapped onto an equirectangular projection map.

Special thanks to Arjeta Fejza for data double-checking support,

And to Vlora Fejza for technical support.

 

The Quran prescribes specific times of prayers (4:103), not a specific number of prayers. Therefore, the prayers according to the Quran can be:

• 5 daily prayers, or
• 4 daily prayers (20:130, 30:17&18), or
• 3 daily prayers (50:39&40, 11:114), or
• 2 daily prayers (30:18, 30:17, 33:42, 40:55, 48:9, 24:36, 52:49, 76:25), or
• 1 daily prayer (2:238, 73:2, 73:20, 25:64, 39:9, 26:218),

– it all depends on how the sun moves across the sky, and that depends on your location latitude, and the time of year.

In the video above, you can see all possible combinations of prayers for all possible times of the year, for all possible locations – finally, a complete understanding of this issue.

• So, there are always five obligatory daily prayers, near the Equator, from 21° North to 21° South, which includes Mecca.
• Then, at 22° North, there are a few December days with four available prayer times. At 23° North, there are even more days with four prayer times, and so on. In these particular days and locations, the sun does not elevate more than 45°, so the shadows are always longer than their objects, which means that the day crosses from forenoon directly into Afternoon. So, the Noon and the Afternoon become one prayer, and it does not matter if you call it Noon or Afternoon, they are simply the same in those cases. We call it ‘Afternoon’ in the video, just to use one of them, but it can also be called “Noon” in that circumstance. So where in the Quran, do we find this case of four prayers? This particular case of four prayers is mentioned in the Quran, in chapter 20, verse 130 which says, “…glorify your Lord before sunrise (1. Dawn), and before sunset (2. Afternoon), and during the night (3. Night) glorify Him, as well as at both ends of the day (4. Sunset and Dawn).” As you can see, the Noon prayer is not mentioned at all in this verse, acknowledging the case when Noon and Afternoon are the same thing, simply described as the prayer before sunset. And it’s very easy to know when this case of four prayers applies, by using the sun as a timing device. So, if there is dawn, we observe the dawn prayer, and if there is no dawn, we do not observe the Dawn Prayer. If there is noon, we do the Noon Prayer, and if there is no noon, we do not do the Noon Prayer. If there is afternoon, we do the Afternoon Prayer. If there is no afternoon, we do not do the Afternoon Prayer. If there is sunset or evening, we do the Sunset Prayer. If there is no sunset or evening, we do not do the Sunset Prayer. If there is full darkness night, we do the Night Prayer, and if there is no full darkness, we do not do the Night Prayer (4:103). As simple as that. It’s remarkable how religious disbelievers have the guts to modify these rules, because they want to fit them to their preconceived idea that there must always be 5 daily prayers. We simply do not find that in the Quran. They are inventing it. The Quran mentions the prayer times, and if they happen, you do them, and if they do not happen, you do not do them. It does not matter, if they turn out to be 5 or 4 or 3 or 2 or 1.
• At 49° latitude and all the way to 67° latitude, during certain summer days, we have another set of four prayers, namely – Dawn, Noon, Afternoon, and Sunset. In this situation, the Night prayer is missing, because the sun during these days does not reach 18° below horizon, and the days simply turn into twilight, but not into a full darkness night. And this situation with four prayer times is mentioned in chapter 30, verses 17&18, where it says, “…glorify God at the start of Morning (1. Dawn) and at the start of Evening (2. Sunset)… and praise Him in (3.) Afternoon, and (4.) Noon.” You can find these in the Arabic Quran, not necessarily in translations.
• From 59° North, all the way to the North Pole, there are certain Spring and Fall days in which only 3 prayers times apply – Dawn, Afternoon, and Sunset. And again we can find this in chapter 50, verses 39 and 40, where it says, “…glorify your Lord before sunrise (1. Dawn), and before sunset (2. Afternoon), and towards the night (3. Sunset)” Of course, no other prayer time is mentioned in this case.
• Then, from 66° to 68° North, there are summer days where only 2 prayers times apply – Noon and Afternoon, and we can find these two prayers mentioned together in chapter 30, verse 18.
• Then, from 68° North, mostly during winter days, another set of 3 prayer times applies – Dawn, Sunset and Night. These three prayers are mentioned together in chapter 11, verse 114, which says, “Observe the Contact Prayers at both ends of the day (1. Dawn & 2. Sunset), and during the night (3. Night)…” This case is also mentioned in chapter 76, verse 25 and 26.
• Then from 69° North, there are summer days with only one prayer time – the Afternoon. This is mentioned alone in chapter 2, verse 238, which says, “Consistently observe the Contact Prayers, especially the middle prayer…”. As you can see, the word “especially” here implies that other prayer times might not be consistently available in certain situations. This is one of them.
• From 82° in latitude and above, there are Spring and Fall days with only 2 prayer times available – Dawn (Morning) and Sunset (Evening). These two prayers are symmetrical to one another, and always happen together in the same circumstance. This is why the Quran always mentions them together, in many verses – 30:17, 33:42, 40:55, 48:9, 24:36, 52:49, 76:25.
• And finally, at 85° North and above, there are winter days when it is always fully dark, and therefore only the Night Prayer is due in these cases. This is why we can find the Night Prayer mentioned alone in many verses 73:2, 73:20, 25:64, 39:9, 26:218.

God has designed the Contact Prayers according to the movement of the sun, and not according to their numbers. This is to keep them equally easy, regardless of the time of the year and location. For example, two prayers at the freezing North Pole, are about as easy as five prayers in the lush tropic. Or four prayers in winter, are about as easy as five prayers in summer. Prostrating in dry land, for example, is not the same as prostrating in mud or cold snow. To avoid these harsh dark conditions, you have to carry something or build something, and carrying something is not the same as walking freely empty handed.

Even for ablution, in cold weathers, you probably need a towel. In Mecca, I did not need towels. As soon as I did ablution, I felt dry and ready to go. In Europe for example, during winter, I have to untie my boots, take off my boots, take off my socks, probably my coat as well – many times a day. In Mecca, I did not need to do any of this – sandals are too easy!

The obligatory prayers together with ablution and all these practical things which might turn up are designed so that they take exactly 2.5% of your life experience, or 2.5% of your awake time which translates into a total of 24 minutes of dedicated time to God per day, regardless of your location and season, just like Obligatory Charity which is 2.5%, regardless of your net income, and really we do not need to go further with these examples to justify the numbers of prayers in certain locations, because the times of prayers are clear in the Quran, but not their number, and if you are a believer, you will do them, no matter what; 5 Contact Prayer times available, and you do them, 4 Contact Prayer times available, and you do them, and so on. You have them all now in the tables in the video – whatever applies to your location.

Let me remind you that there is not a single combination of prayers which I mentioned here, which is also not mentioned in the Quran, and also there is not a single combination of prayers which is mentioned in the Quran, which I also did not mention here – a complete match.

By the way, while the Contact Prayers are religious practices, the TIMES of Contact Prayers are scientific observations. So, these are not religious edicts which we are bringing. These are proven astronomical observations which anyone can see. You can look up in the sky, and see for yourself. There is nothing new about this. If religious leaders don’t like this, let them find another sun, one which listens to them, but we have to use the one already available, and using the suns which God provided for us, the Times of Contact Prayers are defined according to the table below:

 

The main purpose of a calendar is to calculate and keep track of time. Yet, Muslims use the Hijri Calendar, Christians use the Gregorian Calendar, and Jews use their own calendar. Which one of them is right? It turns out that the correct calendar is God’s calendar (10:5, 55:5); it’s written in the sky, and according to this correct calendar we use the sun to calculate the years, and we use the moon to calculate the months (10:5).

So, the Christians have changed the months incorrectly, and the Muslims have changed the years incorrectly, because they both wanted the months and the years to synchronize with each other. But they don’t have to synchronize. Do we also change the weeks so that they synchronize with the months? Do we make the weeks longer, or the months shorter? No.

A week is 7 days, a month is 29 or 30 days, and a year is 365 days. This means that one year has 12 months. So, the Christians have got it right when it comes to the years, the Muslims have got it right when it comes to the months, and the Jews have got it right when it comes to the weeks – their Sabbath is the seventh day (4:154).

From all the people on earth,

• 66% of them will go to Hell forever,
• 24% will go to Purgatory,
• And 9.09% will go to Heaven – 9% in Paradise, and only 0.09% in the Higher Paradise.

How can we know? We can know this by combining verse 59:20 with verses 8:65 & 66.

Verse, 59:20 calls the believers “winners”. Then, in verse 8:65 God informs us that the believers will win against ten times as many disbelievers, and this is in the future tense in Arabic, using the word “WILL”, and it applies to any future victory – including Heavenly victory. So, for every person in Heaven, there will be ten people in Hell and Purgatory (8:65, 6:160).

Then, the people of Purgatory will join Paradise (7:49), after 1000 years of repentance (22:47, 29:14, 7:47). Once the people of Purgatory join Paradise, the Quran in verse 8:66 informs us that the believers would have defeated twice as many disbelievers. So, the people in Heaven and Purgatory would have defeated twice as many people in Hell (8:66, 2:265, 7:46).

People in Heaven will be in two Paradises – Paradise and the Higher Paradise (55:46, 55:62). For every 99 people in Paradise, there will be only one person in the Higher Paradise (38:23-24).

People in the Higher Paradise will be saved by God (37:74).

People in Paradise will be saved by God’s grace (3:170).

People in Purgatory will be saved God’s mercy (7:49).

And that is why the Quran starts with the phrase “In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful” (1:1)

People who refuse God, His grace, and His mercy will deserve God’s wrath – Hell (1:7, 3:162).

By the way, don’t let this graph fool you into thinking that Hell is big. Hell will be as small as the Earth’s Core (69:32), while Paradise will be bigger than the seven heavens (3:133), which is infinitely bigger (39:67).

In Paradise will go:

• 9% of men (33:35, 49:13, 48:5)
• 9% of women (33:35, 49:13, 48:5)
• 9% of rich people (34:37)
• 9% of poor people (34:37)
• 9% of married people (34:37)
• 9% of unmarried people (34:37)
• 9% of people living today (56:39-40)
• 9% of people from the past (56:39-40)
• 9% of people from the future (56:39-40)
• 9% of people living in cities (9:101)
• 9% of people living in rural areas (9:101)
• 9% of whites (49:13)
• 9% of blacks (49:13)
• 9% of Asians (49:13)
• 9% of Semites (49:13)
• 9% of every ethnicity (49:13)
• 9% from any free democratic country (49:13) – the non-democratic countries today have anywhere from 8% of believers and their economy goes down, to about 10% of believers and their economy is booming.
• 9% of powerful people (4:95)
• 9% of weaker people (4:95)
• 9% from any profession which is allowed (you might think that some professions are less honest. However, competition in a free market makes the less honest professions more crowded, and more competitive and therefore equally hard to live by.
• 9% of people who went to school
• 9% of people who did not go to school
• 9% of smart people
• 9% of not so smart people
• 9% of active people (4:95)
• 9% of passive people (4:95)
• 9% of taller people (49:13)
• 9% of shorter people (49:13)
• Surprisingly, about 9% of the so called atheists (atheists are not necessarily bad; they are stupid; for example, babies are both atheists and submitters at the same time)
• About 9% of religious people
• About 9% of Muslim World
• About 9% of Christian World
• About 9% of Jewish World
• About 9% Buddhist World
• About 9% of Indian World
• About 9% of Agnostics World

This does not make religions equally right, because from the wrong religious groups, the unfortunate mistreated people go to Heaven, and from the right religious groups, the fortunate people who help others go to Heaven.

Beware, Heaven is closed for:

• Old Atheists (16:48, 26:86, 34:9)
• Rich Christians (9:111, 5:82, 5:66, Mathew 19:24)
• Political Jews (5:64, 5:84, 2:11)
• Muslims who follow blindly (6:114-116)
• Organized Buddhists (42:20)
• Devout Hindus (4:116)
• Agnostics who have opinions (30:29, 47:16, 39:9, 20:16)
• Submitters who think that they know better than a living messenger of God (2:98, 49:1, 4:150)

So, is there any religious group which is the correct group of believers? Well, today, not completely (42:14), but from the people who believe this video right now, 99% of them will go to Heaven (3:7, 49:15, 9:88), and from the people who believe this video 40 years later, about 70% of them will go to Heaven (2:246, 59:10-11).

Now, what about Hell? 66.66% of any of the mentioned demographical groups will go to Hell:

• 66% of men,
• 66% of women,
• 66% of poor people,
• 66% of rich people, and so on…

However, in the very extremes, in the Higher Paradise which includes only 0.09% of people, and also in the Lowest Pit of Hell the distribution of people from different demographical groups is not the same. The Higher Paradise – the best of the best – and the Lowest Pit of Hell – the worst of the worst will include people who have more power in this world (16:76, 9;69, 40:21, 47:13), any kind of power reflected in demographical characteristics:

• So, a higher proportion of rich people than poor people (16:76, 3:186).
• a higher proportion of men than women (33:35, 4:176, 4:98),
• a higher proportion of people from the past, less from now, even less from the future (56:13-14),
• a higher proportion of Semites, slightly less from whites, blacks and Asians (33:33, 42:7)
• a higher proportion of smart people than to not so smart people,
• a higher proportion of Submitters, than Muslims, than Jews, than Christians, than Buddhists, than Indians (42:7).
• a higher proportion of religious people than non-religious people.
• a higher proportion of active than passive people (4:95).
• a higher proportion of people who live their lives than those who experience their life through internet and TV

But, let me emphasize again that these demographical differences only apply in the extremes, among the best of the best and the worst of the worst. The rest of Heaven and the rest of Hell, and all of Purgatory, will have an equal distribution of all of these demographical groups, and even more so as people become more equal in power in the future (40:21).

If you are a believing parent, you might be concerned about your children. You might say, “O my God, my children have only a 9% chance of being believers”. Well, God is the most merciful, so he tweaks the percentages a little bit. If you had your child after becoming a believer, the chance of your child also being a believer doubles, up to 18% and if your spouse is also a believer, the chance doubles again, up to 36%, and if both you and your spouse strived actively in the cause of God, then the chances double again, up to 72% (18:80-81, 71:27, 3:34, 19:49, 11:71, 14:35, 14:40, 12:92). This still might not look enough, but the good news is that children do not have much power, and as long as they are dependent on you, they will mostly act as believers, and once you are gone, they will show their true face, which would not matter to you because you would be gone. So, children are a temporary blessing, be they believers or disbelievers. You must teach them and treat them all as believers (2:220)

To conclude:

The road to Heaven is narrow. Only 9.09% of people make it. If you are a truthful person, you have a 100% chance of making it to Heaven (5:119), and if you are an idol worshiper, you have a 0% chance of making it (4:48). Which one are you?

 

A promise (39:74)

and good news (25:24, 3:170, 3:171)

to all believing males and females (40:40, 4:124, 3:195)

that you will be protected from hell (21:101)

forgiven (67:12, 66:8, 57:21, 57:21, 48:29, 47:15, 34:4, 36:11, 11:11, 8:4, 8:74, 5:9, 2:268)

saved (92:21, 4:95)

redeemed (110:3)

successful (91:9, 87:14, 7:157)

triumphant (62:12, 57:12, 48:5, 45:30, 10:64, 9:89, 5:119)

winners (59:20, 58:22, 39:73, 30:38, 23:108, 23:111, 9:20, 9:88, 7:8, 2:5, 39:73)

gates of Heaven opened for you (38:50, 39:73)

and entering Paradise (43:70, 16:32)

admited (66:8)

Welcomed and received by angels (89:29, 89:30, 21:103, 13:23, 25:75)

never evicted (15:48)

No sun heat, no cold (76:13)

no disappointment (66:8)

no retribution (57:13, 52:18, 44:56)

no injustice (20:112)

no adversity (20:112)

no fear (41:30, 20:112, 7:49, 3:170, 2:112, 2:274, 2:277)

no grief (41:30, 7:49, 3:170, 2:112, 2:274, 2:277)

no boredom (35:35, 56:19)

no tiredness (35:35, 15:48)

no worry (21:103, 35:34)

no deprivation (10:26)

no shame (10:26)

no jealousy (15:47, 7:43)

no harm (3:174)

no nonsense (88:11, 78:35, 56:25, 19:62)

no lies (78:35)

no sinful utterances (56:25)

no death (44:56)

a real eternal Life (101:7, 29:64, 3:169, 40:39, 35:35, 31:9, 29:58, 25:15, 25:76, 11:108, 9:22)

with contentment (89:27, 76:11, 47:5)

love (19:96)

relaxation (76:13, 52:20, 38:51)

satisfaction (88:9)

laughter (80:39)

fun activities (46:55)

perfect security (44:51, 27:89, 15:46, 6:82)

perfect peace (56:91, 50:34, 44:55, 33:44, 15:46, 6:127)

greetings of peace (56:26, 39:73, 36:58, 25:75, 19:62, 13:24, 10:10)

brightened happy faces (3:107, 75:22)

looking at their Lord (75:23)

Light radiating from you (66:8, 65:11, 57:12, 57:19, 57:28)

joy (32:17, 88:8, 84:9, 83:24, 80:39, 76:11, 56:16, 44:52, 39:74, 36:56, 32:17, 25:75, 21:103, 15:45, 13:24, 13:29, 10:64, 3:15, 3:169, 3:170, 43:70, 41:30, 30:15, 10:58, 9:21, 3:107,

happiness (32:17, 101:7, 92:7, 90:18, 80:38, 77:43, 75:22, 69:24, 52:19, 39:17, 36:55, 32:17, 16:30, 13:29, 10:64),

Paradise (89:30, 88:10, 76:12, 70:35, 59:20, 57:21, 50:31, 47:6, 46:14, 46:16, 43:70, 43:72, 42:22, 41:30, 40:40, 39:73, 39:74, 36:55, 30:15, 29:58, 25:15, 25:75, 19:63, 18:107, 16:32, 11:23, 11:108, 10:26, 7:42, 7:49, 4:124, 3:133, 2:82)

eternal  gardens (98:8, 40:8, 38:50, 35:33, 20:76, 19:61, 16:31, 13:23, 98:8, 68:34, 66:8, 65:11, 61:12, 58:22, 57:12, 56:12, 55:46, 54:54, 52:17, 51:15, 48:5, 48:17, 47:12, 44:52, 42:22, 40:8, 38:50, 37:43, 35:33, 31:8, 22:23, 22:56, 20:76, 19:61, 18:31, 16:31, 15:45, 13:23, 10:9, 9:21, 9:89, 5:119, 4:57, 3:15, 3:195, 2:25, 3:198)

a wonderful dominion (76:20)

wonderful beautiful destiny (38:49, 25:76, 13:24, 13:29, 25:76)

beautiful ultimate abode (25:76, 41:32, 40:39, 35:35, 25:76, 16:30, 11:108, 65:11, 58:22, 46:14, 39:73, 11:23, 9:89, 98:8)

bliss anywhere (76:20, 83:22, 83:24, 82:13, 68:34, 56:8, 56:12, 52:17, 37:43, 35:35, 31:8, 22:56, 18:107, 16:30, 10:9, 9:21, 4:57)

exalted to honorable prominent positions (94:4, 88:10, 69:22, 54:55, 70:35, 37:42, 10:2),

at an Omnipotent King (54:55)

high ranks (58:11, 20:75, 8:4)

nice views (83:23, 83:35)

with mornings and evenings (19:62)

beautiful surroundings (55:76)

cool extended shade (77:41, 76:14, 56:30, 36:56, 13:35, 4:57)

wells (55:66),

springs (44:52, 15:45, 88:12, 83:28, 77:41, 76:6, 55:50, 51:15)

flowing streams (98:8, 66:8, 65:11, 61:12, 58:22, 57:12, 48:5, 48:17, 47:12, 39:20, 29:58, 22:23, 13:35, 9:89, 5:119, 4:57, 3:15, 3:195, 3:198, 2:25)

rivers (54:54, 47:15, 20:76, 16:31, 10:9, 7:43)

rivers of delicious wine (47:15)

rivers of fresh milk (47:15)

rivers of strained honey (47:15)

a spring of tea (76:18)

specifically reserved (83:28, 76:6, 52:18, 41:30, 37:41, 16:31, 4:100)

great beautiful rewards (21:101, 29:58, 95:6, 78:31, 78:36, 77:44, 65:11, 57:19, 56:24, 47:36, 46:14, 39:34, 29:7, 29:58, 28:84, 27:89, 25:15, 23:11, 20:76, 16:31, 16:32, 11:108, 10:26, 6:127,3:195, 3:171, 3:172)

generous recompense (78:36, 67:12, 57:7, 57:11, 57:18, 48:29, 39:74, 35:30, 36:11, 33:44, 30:45, 28:80, 16:41, 11:11, 8:74, 5:9, 4:74, 4:95, 4:100, 4:152, 4:162, 3:57, 2:112, 2:274, 2:277)

sufficient good provisions without limits (93:5, 55:48, 51:22, 40:40, 38:54, 37:41, 34:4, 22:58, 19:62, 13:35, 8:4, 3:169)

everything far better (87:17, 43:32, 42:36, 28:60, 28:84, 27:89, 25:24, 12:109, 10:58, 6:32, 3:198, 28:80, 16:30, 16:41, 9:20, 2:212)

everlasting (87:17, 42:36, 28:60, 11:108, 9:21)

tents (55:72)

spacious beautiful mansions upon mansions (58:11, 39:20, 29:58, 61:12)

green carpets throughout (88:16, 55:76)

luxurious furnishings (88:13, 83:23, 83:35, 76:13, 56:15, 56:34, 52:20, 37:44, 36:56, 15:47)

lined with satin (55:54)

wearing silk (76:12)

and green velvet and satin  (44:53, 76:21)

adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls (35:33, 22:23)

and silver ornaments (76:21)

served with golden trays (43:71)

pitchers in rows (88:15, 56:18), which never run out (56:19)

translucent silver and gold cups spiced with nectar (76:5, 76:15, 76:15, 37:45)

eating (77:43, 69:24, 52:19, 43:73)

fragrant fruits of choice within reach (76:14, 77:42, 69:23, 56:20, 56:32, 55:52, 55:54, 55:68, 55:22, 44:55, 43:73, 37:42, 36:57, 2:25), never ending, never forbiden (56:33)

date palms (55:68)

pomegranate (55:68)

lush orchards (78:32, 56:28)

grapes (78:32)

meats of birds, meats that they love (52:22, 56:21)

drinking (77:43, 69:24, 52:19)

abundant unpolluted water (56:31, 47:15)

many kinds of pure  (37:47), delicious drinks spiced with nectar and mixed with special flavors (83:25, 78:34, 76:15, 76:21, 56:18, 52:23, 83:27, 88:14, 37:46)

served by immortal servants, who look like scattered protected pearls (76:19, 56:17, 52:24)

everything for free (47:36)

pure magnificent beautiful spouses (78:33, 52:20, 44:54, 38:52, 36:56, 4:57, 3:15, 2:25, 56:22, 56:35, 55:56, 55:70, 37:48)

like gems and coral (55:58)

like protected pearls and eggs (56:23)

never previously touched (56:36, 55:56, 55:74)

perfectly matched (56:37)

chatting (37:50)

with your righteous family members (43:70, 40:8, 13:23, 52:21)

in the company of prophets, saints, martyrs, and the righteous, the best company, the elite of the elite (4:69, 56:10)

being neighbors (56:16), side by side (55:64), close to each other (44:53, 37:44), meeting each other (55:25)

in the company of angels (13:23)

anything you wish for, anything your heart desires  (41:31, 39:34, 36:57, 25:16, 50:35, 43:71, 21:102) however you will (76:6)

everything ready (50:31)

in a spacious paradise bigger than the heavens and the earth (57:21, 3:113)

all the good things (9:88)

God pleased with you, and you pleased with Him (98:8, 93:5, 89:28, 58:22, 5:119, 39:74, 22:59, 30:38)

being close to God (83:21, 83:28, 56:11, 89:28)

with God’s approval (9:21, 3:174)

God’s great blessings (42:22, 35:30, 33:47, 3:15, 3:174)

God’s mercy (57:28, 45:30, 9:21, 7:156, 4:175, 3:107)

God’s grace (35:35, 4:175, 3:174, 2:268)

God’s love (3:31)

forever (98:8, 65:11, 58:22, 57:12, 48:5, 46:14, 43:71, 39:73, 25:16, 21:102, 20:76, 18:108, 11:23, 10:26, 9:89, 7:42, 5:119,  4:57, 3:107, 3:198, 2:82, 2:25, 50:34)