How can we reconcile the Holy Quran's description of Paradise with the Hadith: (I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has ever conceived)?
It is stated in the agreed-upon Hadith that Allah has prepared for His righteous servants in Paradise that which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has conceived, emphasizing that the delights of Paradise cannot be fully comprehended in this world.
Scholars have pointed out that the description of Paradise in the Quran and Sunnah is a general description of its immense glory, and that its reality transcends description. They clarified that "that which no eye has seen and no ear has heard" means that none of creation has had full knowledge of the complete bliss of Paradise, and that what Allah has prepared therein is so majestic and immense that the mind cannot grasp it.
Regarding Gabriel's vision of Paradise, the answer is that Allah created many things therein after Gabriel saw it, things that Gabriel did not become aware of, or that the intended eyes and ears are those of humans, or that the bliss in Paradise is continuously renewed.
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