—rivers that run beneath its palaces and trees—rivers wholly unlike those of the present world. They come in four kinds:

1. rivers of water that never stagnates, for it can never alter the way the water of this life does when left standing;
2. rivers of milk whose flavor never sours;
3. rivers of wine, delightful to those who drink; and
4. rivers of purified honey.
   These rivers flow continuously, yet the honey has not been produced by bees, the milk has not issued from the udder of any beast, the water has not gushed from an earthly spring, nor has the wine been pressed from grapes, dates, barley, or anything else. They are rivers Allah has created in Paradise, coursing there by His command.

A prophetic report states that these rivers do not require the digging of channels or the building of dams; you need not cut a trench to keep them from seeping right or left.

Ibn al-Qayyim wrote in his Nuniyyah:
“Its rivers flow although no trenches cut their bed—
Glory to the One who holds them back from flood!”

Exalted is He! Moreover, the river will comply with your wish: if you want the water to go right, it goes right; left, it goes left; forward, it goes forward; should you wish it to stop, it stops—exactly as you desire.

Allah then says, “and pleasant dwellings in the Gardens of perpetual residence; that is the supreme triumph” (61:12).

Pleasant dwellings: pleasant in their construction, pleasant in their chambers, pleasant to behold, pleasant to inhabit—pure from every angle. Their inhabitants are fair maidens secluded in pavilions, lofty tents of glistening pearl, the most splendid sight an eye could behold. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Two gardens of gold—their vessels and all they contain— and two gardens of silver, their vessels and all…"