The Garden and The Fire: Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rustomji, Nerina.

The garden and the fire : heaven and hell in Islamic culture / Nerina Rustomji.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-231-14084-3 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-231-51183-4 (ebook)

1. Eschatology, Islamic. 2. Paradise (Islam) 3. Hell—Islam. 4. Philosophy, Islamic. I. Title.

BP166.8.R87 2008

297.2’3—dc22 2008029681

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