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Q: Will the people of Paradise enjoy good food that people like in This Life?
A: Say (order to Muhammad): Who has forbidden the pleasant things from Allah that He brought out (allowed) for His servants
and the good food from the provision? Say: They are for those who believed in This Life pure (ummixed) on the Day
of Judgment - that is how We (Allah) detail the Signs for people who understand.
Translation of: Ayah 32, Surat AlA'raf.
Words: Harrama = Has forbidden, Zeenat Allah= Pleasant things from Allah, Tayyebat = Good food, Rizq =
Provision - Sustenance, Khalisah = Pure, Nufassil = We detail, Ya'lam = Understands.
Q: Other than worshipping Allah what is humans' purpose on this planet?
A: He (Allah) is Who made the earth manageable for you so proceed in its regions (different errands) and eat
from His sustenance and to Him is the Resurrection.
Translation of: Ayah 15, Surat AlMulk.
Note: Reference the food, it is reported that a physician from Egypt was given as a gift to the Prophet Muhammad but the
prophet sent him back saying: We (Muslims) are a nation that do not eat until we are hungry and when we eat we do not
become full.
Note: In a summary of a saying by the Prophet Muhammad: It is enough for a human being some morsels of food to
support his body. And if he
has to eat more then a third of his stomach for the food, another third for the water and the last third for his
breathing.
Note: In a summary of a speech by the Prophet Muhammad: The best century is my (the prophet's) century, then the
century that follows them, (the repetition occurred in all three or four times) then after them a century will come when
a responsibility is shouldered not by its befitting persons, and there will be breach of trust and obesity will appear among them.
Note: In a summary of a speech by the Prophet Muhammad: It is reported that Aisha the wife of the Prophet, may Allah be
pleased with her said: The family of Muhammad did not become full from eating barley (cheap then) loaves for two
consecutive days. (note: they used continuously to give their food to the needy)
Words: Ja'ala = Made, Thaloul = Manageable, Emshi = Proceed, Manakib = Regions, Kul = Eat, Noshour
= Resurrection - The rising of the human dead before the Final Judgment.
Q: What is expected from the faithful after eating or drinking any type of hallal food or drink?
A: O people who have faith - eat of the good food of the sustenance that We (Allah) provided for you and
thank Allah if Him you are worshipping.
Translation of: Ayah 172, Surat AlBaqarah.
Words: Kulou = Eat (plural), Tayyebat = Good food, Razaknakum = Sustenance
We provided you, Ushkurou = Thank (plural), Ta'bud = Worship.
