THE LAKE-FOUNT (ALKAUTHAR)
Allah (SWT) will honor His
Slave and Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him) on the great scene by giving
him a lake-fount to which the Ummah of the chosen Prophet (peace be upon him)
will proceed. Whoever will drink from it will never be thirsty thereafter. Narrated ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Amr
that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "My
Lake-Fount is (so large that it takes) a month's journey to cross it. Its water
is whiter than milk, and its smell is nicer than musk (a kind of perfume), and
its drinking cups are (as numerous) as the (number of) stars of the sky; and
whoever drinks from it will never be thirsty."[16]
[16] Al-Bukhari, Book/ al-Riqaq, Section/ on the al-Haud (fount). The wording is his; Muslim, Book/ al-Fada’il, Section/ proving the fount of our Prophet and its description. |