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92 3. Dár-ul-Qarár (Sura xl. 42), "The dwelling which abideth."

4. Jannat-i-ʾAdan (Sura ix. 72), "The garden of Eden."

5. Jannat-ul-Mawá (Sura xxxi. 19), "The garden of refuge.

6. Jannat-un-Nʾaím (Sura vi. 70), "The garden of delight."

7. Jannat-i-ʾIlliyún (Sura lxxxiii. 18), "The garden of ʾIlliyun."

8. Jannat-ul-Firdaus (Sura xviii. 107), "The garden of Paradise."

These eight stages of Paradise are spoken of as "eight doors" in the Traditions (Mishkát, bk. ii. chap. 1.).

The sensual delights of Muhammad's Paradise are proverbial, and they must have exercised considerable influence upon the minds of the people to whom he made known his mission. The allusions in the Qurán are far too numerous to admit of quotation, but they will be found more particularly in Suras lxxvi., lv., lvi., xlvii.

The descriptions of the celestial regions and the enjoyments promised to "the faithful" are still more minutely given in the traditional sayings of the Prophet (Mishkát, bk. xxiii. chap. xiii.).