When the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) and Angel Jibreel (as) travel on the Heavenly Night Journey (Isra wa Mir'aj, they arrive at Sidratul-Muntaha (the lote tree at the utmost boundary); Jibril states the following: "This is Sidratul-Muntaha. Four river were emerging from the bottom of this tree. Two rivers were visible and two were invisible." The Messenger of Allah asked, 'O Jibril! What are those four rivers?' Jibril said, The invisible rivers are two rivers in Paradise; the visible rivers are the rivers of the Nile and Euphrates. The result obtained from the apparent meanings of those hadiths is as follows: The rivers the Euphrates and Nile come from Paradise; their real source is there (hence why scientists till this day can't find the real source of river Nile). Badiuzzaman Said Nursi makes the best explanation about those rivers coming from Paradise: "It is certainly not possible that the mountains could be the actual source of such mighty rivers. For let us suppose the water was cut completely and the mountains each became a conical reservoir, they would only persist a tew months before losing the balance to the swift and abundant flow of those large rivers. And the rain, which penetrates only about a meter into the earth, would not be sufficient income for that high expenditure. This means that the springs of these rivers are not something ordinary and natural arising from chance, but that the All- Glorious Creator makes them flow forth from an unseen treasury in truly marvelous fashion. Thus, alluding to this mystery and stating this meaning, it is narrated in a Hadith: "Each of those rivers is a drop from Paradise which continuously issues forth from Paradise, as a result of which they are sources of abundance. Yes, it is obvious and clear that all of those estuaries, springs, streams and big rivers, whose benefits, duties and flows are full of wisdom, emerge from Allah Almighty's treasury of mercy. (Sahih Bukhari 5609-5610) - (Sahih Muslim 2839) #fyp #islam #nile #river #paradise #viral