What is the interpretation of the size of the gates of Paradise, and does a single gate consist of two doors? And what is the meaning of the distance between the two door-leaves of a single door mentioned in the hadiths, and how can the hadiths that mention different distances, such as 40 years and 500 years, for the distance of the gate be reconciled?

Paradise has several gates with wide entrances. The distance between the two door panels of a single gate is like the distance between Mecca and Himyar, or Busra, or Hajar, which are similar distances, equivalent to a three-day journey for a diligent rider. Other narrations state that the width of a gate is a forty-year journey, and this distance may be specific to one of the great gates of Paradise.