Gold and Silver in Jannah

So far, we’ve visited quite a few areas in Jannah. All of these places you’ve seen so far are all your property – you’ve seen the palaces, rivers and springs. Now you notice the fine details. In the beginning, you were not noticing the fine details. Now you are even paying attention to the furniture, the utensils, the leaves of the trees, etc. Everything is new for you, just like when a baby is born – they just keep staring at everything because everything is a new experience. Similarly, everything in Jannah is a pleasure for you and an experience for you.

You’re sitting with your wife on these cushions and you’re presented with drinks. You see that your plates and utensils are made of pure gold. It is gold that is made of nothing like which was in dunya. It is a pleasure just to look at them. The next day, you are served with different utensils. You expected the same, but now you are served in cups of silver. This is special silver because it is transparent silver. How does this happen? Allahu ‘Alam.

Allah says: “And amongst them will be passed round vessels of silver and cups of crystal, Crystal-clear, made of silver. They will determine the measure thereof according to their wishes.” (76:15) It is transparent, but not glass, it’s silver. You discuss this with your wife; look at how amazing it is. One of your servants will say, let me take you and show you something that is more impressive.

They will take you to two special gardens that belong to you. In one garden, everything is made of gold. In the other, everything is made of silver. So you go to this garden of silver and you see that the trees, the palaces, the cups, the plates, the tables, the floor, the tiling, ALL are made of pure silver.

Then you move onto the next garden and everything is gold. Everything is a combination of physical and psychological happiness. You will get everything you want.

RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says, “There would be two gardens (in Paradise) the vessels and contents of which would be of silver, and two gardens whose vessels and contents would be of gold. The only thing intervening to hinder the people from looking at their Lord will be the mantle of Grandeur over His face in the Garden of Eden.” [Muslim, 1/346]