A Concise Description of Jannah & Jahannam: the Garden of Paradise and the Fire of Hell

by Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

A translation of a section of a classical Arabic text entitled "al-Ghunya li Talib Tariq al-Haqq."

Genres: Islam

111 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2010

About the author

عبد القادر الجيلاني
Syekh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani dilahirkan pada tahun 470 Hijriah (1077-78 Masehi) di daerah yang bernama Al-Jil di Parsi (sekarang Iran). Beliau berpulang ke Rahmatullah pada tahun 561 Hijriah (1166 Masehi) pada saat berusia 91 tahun. Sufi besar ini disemayamkan di kawasan Madrasah Bab ad-Daraja di Bagdad. Makam ini menjadi tempat yang paling populer dikunjungi oleh para Sufi dan umat Islam dari seluruh penjuru dunia.

Reviews

[Paige · Rating 1 out of 5]

Maybe I just haven’t read this correctly or looked in the right place but this book just seems like a whole lot of talking with no/little qur’anic and hadith references to back it up. Also the whole first section is just basically about how men with have the hūr with a dash of the river of abundance which as a woman I don’t see how this is a diverse and detailed overview of what Paradise will be like for all believers. Tbh I stopped after page 9 as I felt it needed a lot more proof to back up these very detailed claims but الله أعلم

[Mohd Hafiz · Rating 5 out of 5]

My heart is pounding by the excitement of imagining the Jannah and by the fear of Jahannam while reading this book.

The good things that we experience here are like a glimpse of the joy that is provided in Jannah.

Similarly, the bad things that we experience here in this world are a "clue" of the sufferings that are waiting in Jahannam, except that the sufferings are much much more severe and long.

A good book to motivate us to strive for Jannah and to do everything we can to avoid Jahannam.

[Sarah Nurgat]

Translated from the Arabic by Muhtar Holland