The guide of souls to the land of joy

Hadi Al Arwah Elaa Bilad Al Afrah

Author's name: Imam Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya

In the book, Ibn al-Qayyim describes Paradise in a way that is enjoyable for the reader and interesting for the one who looks at it. He describes its people, their food, their drink, their brides from the wide-eyed houris, and their descriptions. He also mentions several gates of Paradise, the breadth of its gates, the levels of Paradise, the first of this nation to reach it, and their descriptions. He also mentions the types of people of Paradise that are guaranteed to them and not others, along with a description of the soil of Paradise, its light, its palaces, its trees, the drink of its people, their food, their clothing, their tents, their beds, their servants, and their boys. He also mentions the women of the people of Paradise, their types, their beauty and their apparent and hidden beauty. The greatest chapter of the book is the mention of the people of Paradise looking at their Lord openly, basing everything he mentions on the Holy Qur’an and the Prophetic hadiths. The book is divided into seventy chapters.