Sunday, December 16, 2007

Drinking of alcohol forbidden on earth, but not in Paradise

Allah described paradise in a Qudsi hadith…

Saheeh Bukhari

Volumn 009, Book 093, Hadith Number 589.

Narated By Abu Huraira : The Prophet said, "Allah said, "I have prepared for My righteous slaves (such excellent things) as no eye has ever seen, nor an ear has ever heard nor a human heart can ever think of.'"



So as we can see paradise is something that is not of this world. So when the Quran talks about rivers of honey that does not mean that it is the same kind of honey that we have in this world. Similarly, when the Quran talks about rivers of wine in paradise that does not mean that it is the same kind of wine that we have here on earth that makes you get drunk and do stupid things and gives you a hangover the next morning. No, not at all. God is just using these terms in order for us to try to imagine what this paradise is kind of like. So the wine of paradise is nothing like the wine of this world.

The word alcohol is one that is used by the writer. The better and more accurate word is wine.

Muslims believe that Lot was a Prophet but also believe that what

the Bible says is false. The Bible has turned into a man-made lie (Jeremiah 8:8).

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