verbally that what you brought is from Me, while denying it in belief and failing to confirm it in deed. For such as those, there is prepared with Me the Hellfire whose fuel is men and stones. And gardens is the plural of garden, and the garden is an orchard.

And Majestic is His mention, He only meant by mentioning the garden: what is in the garden of its trees, fruits, and plantings, rather than its ground—and for that reason Almighty is His mention said (1): "{beneath which rivers flow}." Because it is known that He, Exalted be His praise, only intended to report concerning the water of its rivers that it flows beneath its trees, plantings, and fruits, not that it flows beneath its ground. For if water were flowing beneath the ground, the eyes of those above it would have no share in seeing it except by removing the covering between them and it. Furthermore, that by which the rivers of Paradise are described is that they flow without channels.

509- As Abū Kurayb narrated to us, saying: Al-Ashjaʿī narrated to us, from Sufyān, from ʿAmr ibn Murra, from Abū ʿUbayda, from Masrūq, who said: The palm trees of Paradise are clustered from their roots to their tops, and their fruits are like large jugs; whenever a fruit is plucked, another takes its place, and its water flows without a channel. (2)

510- Mujāhid [ibn Mūsa] narrated to us, (3) saying: Yazīd narrated to us, saying: Misʿar ibn Kidām informed us, from ʿAmr ibn Murra, from Abū ʿUbayda, the like thereof.

511- And Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us, saying: Ibn Mahdī narrated to us, saying: Sufyān narrated to us, saying: I heard ʿAmr ibn Murra narrate from Abū ʿUbayda—and he mentioned the like of it—he said: So I said to Abū ʿUbayda: Who narrated this to you? So he became angry and said: Masrūq.