3. The Abode of Rest.
4. The Garden of Eden.
5. The Garden of Resort.
6. The Garden of Pleasure.
7. The Garden of Paradise.
Much has been written in modern times regarding the supposed sensual character of the Moslem heaven, little of which is actually found in the Koran or in any other Arab religious work. As in the case with many other races of men, Heaven and Hell were to the Arabs' imagination simply places in which certain earthly conditions existed in a greatly intensified manner. To a parched, hot, dusty and barren land, such as Arabia, Paradise could be represented most alluringly as a cool, shady garden with fountains playing and fruit trees yielding their shade and crop to the happy dwellers therein, who could rest on soft couches, have pleasant companionship and no work to do.
And, on the other hand. Hell presented itself to their imagination as Fire—pure and simple—although the Moslem Hell is divided into seven parts, corresponding to the seven parts of Heaven:
1. Gehenna.
2. The Flaming Fire.
3. The Raging Fire that Splits Everything.
4. The Blaze.
5. The Scorching Fire.
6. The Fierce Fire.
7. The Abyss.
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