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The Tree of Tuba

شجرة طوبى

God says «those who believe and do righteous deeds — tuba is theirs and a goodly return», and the salaf read Tuba as a tree in Paradise from which the garments of its people come. It is reported that it is a tree whose trunk is in the Prophet ﷺ's dwelling, with no branch that does not carry a dwelling of the people of Paradise at its tip.

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Afterlife and eschatology

Overview

God says «those who believe and do righteous deeds — tuba is theirs and a goodly return» 1. A body of the salaf, among them Ibn Abbas in some reports, held that Tuba is a tree in Paradise 2.

In the exegesis

It is reported from Ibn Abbas that Tuba is a tree in Paradise whose trunk is in the Prophet's dwelling, with no branch whose tip does not hold a dwelling of one of the people of Paradise 2. Others read tuba in the plain sense of goodness and joy — which also belongs to Paradise.

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 13:29

People and things also explored

The Gates of Paradise· The terrors of the Day· Islamic eschatology· The display and standing before God· Al-barzakh· The Beast of the Earth· The Smoke· The Greatest Terror

Sources

  1. Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
  2. Tafsir Ibn Kathir
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The Gates of Paradise

Paradise has eight gates, as the Sahih reports, each with its people of deed: a gate of prayer for the people of prayer, a gate of jihad, a gate of al-Rayyan reserved for the fasting, and a gate of charity. The Prophet said: «Whoever spends a pair in the way of God is called at the gates of Paradise: O servant of God, this is good — whoever was of the people of prayer is called from the gate of prayer».