Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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THE QUR'ÂN.
fire and are both good and evil, the latter being generally called 'Ifrît.' Their abode is Mount Qâf, the mountain chain which encircles' the world. These are the creatures over whom Solomon held control, and a tribe of whom were converted to Islâm by Mohammed's preaching on his return from Tâ'if 1.
The two classes of beings, human and superhuman, by which the world is inhabited are called ETH-THaqalân,
the two weighty matters,' or el 'Hâlamûn, the worlds, as in the expression in the Opening Chapter, 'Lord of the worlds.'
Heaven, according to the Qur'ân and the traditions, consists of seven divisions :
Gannat al 'Huld (Chapter XXV, 16), the Garden of Eternity. Dâr as Salâm (Chapter VI, 127), the Abode of Peace. Dâr al Qarâr (Chapter XL, 42), the Abode of Rest. Gannat 'Hadn (Chapter IX, 72), the Garden of Eden. Gannat al Mâ'wâ (Chapter XXXII, 19), the Garden of Resort. Gannat an Na’hîm (Chapter VI, 70), the Garden of Pleasure. Gannat al 'Hilliyûn (Chapter LXXXIII, 18), the Garden of the
Most High. Gannat al-Firdaus (Chapter XVIII, 107), the Garden of Paradise.
Of the presumed sensual character of the Muslim paradise much has been written. It appears, however, from the Qur'ân, to be little more than an intense realisation of all that a dweller in a hot, parched, and barren land could desire, namely, shade, water, fruit, rest, and pleasant companionship and service. Hell contains also seven divisions 2 :
Gehennum (Chapter XIX, 44), Gehenna. Latha (Chapter LXX, 15), the Flaming Fire. Hutamah (Chapter CIV, .4), the Raging Fire that splits every
thing to pieces. Sa'hîr (Chapter IV, 11), the Blaze. Saqar (Chapter LIV, 58), the Scorching Fire. Gahîm (Chapter II, 113), the Fierce Fire. Hâwiyeh (Chapter CL, 8), the Abyss.
* See above, p. XXX.
* Cf. Chapter XV, ver. 44.
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