Surah 57:21
"and forgiveness from God and approval. But this present life is nothing but the enjoyment of deception.
Race toward forgiveness from your Lord, and a Garden – its width is like the width of the sky and the earth – prepared for those who believe in God and His messengers. That is the favor of God. He gives it to whomever He pleases. God is full of great favor."
Description of Paradise: Number of Gardens and Adornments
Supporting Verses
Surah 22:23 → "Surely God will cause those who believe and do righteous deeds to enter Gardens through which rivers flow. There they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and (with) pearls, and there their clothes (will be of) silk."
Surah 35:33 → "Gardens of Eden – they will enter them. There they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and (with) pearls, and there their clothes (will be of) silk."
Surah 39:73 → "But those who guarded (themselves) against their Lord will be driven in companies into the Garden, until, when they have come to it, and its gates will be opened, and its keepers will say to them: ‘Peace (be) upon you! You have been good, so enter it, to remain (there).’"
Surah 41:30 → "Surely those who have said, ‘Our Lord is God,’ (and) then have gone straight – the angels will come down on them (saying): ‘Do not fear, and do not sorrow, but welcome the good news of the Garden which you were promised."
Surah 79:41 → "surely the Garden – it will be the refuge."
Opposing Verses
Surah 18:31 → "Those – for them (there are) Gardens of Eden through which rivers flow. There they will be adorned with bracelets of gold, and they will wear green clothes of silk and brocade, reclining there on couches. Excellent is the reward, and good the resting place!"
Surah 22:23 → "Surely God will cause those who believe and do righteous deeds to enter Gardens through which rivers flow. There they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and (with) pearls, and there their clothes (will be of) silk."
Surah 35:33 → "Gardens of Eden – they will enter them. There they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and (with) pearls, and there their clothes (will be of) silk."
Surah 78:32 → "orchards and grapes,"
Does the Quran describe Paradise as a single garden or multiple gardens, and what are the specific adornments of its inhabitants? Some verses refer to Paradise in the singular, while others refer to it in the plural, such as 'Gardens of Eden'. Furthermore, descriptions of adornments vary; some verses mention bracelets of gold, while others specify both gold and pearls.
Width of the Garden
Opposing Verses
Surah 3:133 → "And be quick to (obtain) forgiveness from your Lord, and a Garden – its width (is like) the heavens and the earth – prepared for the ones who guard (themselves),"
Does the Quran state the width of the Garden is like the heavens (plural) or the heaven/sky (singular)? Some verses describe its width as being like the heavens and the earth, while others describe it as being like the heaven and the earth.