Its water is described as «أَبْيَضُ مِنَ اللَّبَنِ»—whiter than milk—and its fragrance as more pleasant than musk. Such language communicates the excellence of the promised provision, not that its entire nature must be reducible to the properties of earthly milk.
The vessels are described as «وَكِيزَانُهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ»—more numerous than the stars. The central point concerns abundance and honor; the full unseen manner remains beyond ordinary measurement.
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The Prophetic Basin, the Bridge, Paradise and Hell: Reality and Permanence
Its water is described as «أَبْيَضُ مِنَ اللَّبَنِ»—whiter than milk—and its fragrance as more pleasant than musk. Such language communicates the excellence of the promised provision, not that its entire nature must be reducible to the properties of earthly milk.
The vessels are described as «وَكِيزَانُهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ»—more numerous than the stars. The central point concerns abundance and honor; the full unseen manner remains beyond ordinary measurement.