d who is
a servant, whose sins God has forgiven both first and last." The Prophet
continued, according to the Tradition, "then the Musalmans will come to me,
and I will ask permission to go into God's presence and intercede for
them."[165]

The second advent of Christ is a sign of the last day. "Jesus is no more
than a servant whom We favoured ... {171} and he shall be a sign of the
last hour." (Sura xliii. 61). He will not, according to the Quran, come as
a judge, but like other prophets to be judged. "We formed with them (_i.e._
prophets) a strict covenant, that God may question the men of truth as to
their truth, (_i.e._ how they have discharged their prophetic functions)."
(Sura xxxiii. 7, 8). He will come to bear witness against the Jews who
reject him: "In the day of resurrection, He will be a witness against
them." (Sura iv. 158).

It is necessary to believe in the pond of the Prophet called Kausar. This
faith is founded on the verse "Truly we have given thee an _abundance_."
(Sura cviii. 1). Bukhari says: "The meaning of Kausar is the 'abundance of
good' which God gives to the Prophet. Abu Bash said to one Sa'id, 'the
people think that Kausar is a river of Paradise.' Sa'id replied, 'Kausar is
a river in which there is abundance of good.'" According to the same
authority Muhammad said: "My pond is square, its water is whiter than milk,
its perfume better than that of musk, whosoever drinks thereof will thirst
no more."

There are many degrees of felicity in heaven to which the believers are
admitted. The Prophet, according to Tirmizi, said there were one hundred.
Some of these may possibly be meant by the eight names they give to
Paradise. (1.) Jannat-ul-Khuld. "Say: Is this, or the _Garden of Eternity_
which was promised to the God-fearing, best?" (Sura xxv. 16.) (2.)
Jannat-us-Salam. "For them is a _Dwelling of Peace_ with their Lord." (Sura
vi. 127.) (3.) Dar-ul-Qarar. "The life to come is the _Mansion which
abideth_." (Sura xl. 42.) (4.) Jannat-ul-'Adan. "To the Faithful, both men
and women, God promiseth gardens and goodly mansions in the _Garden of
Eden_." (Sura ix. 73.) (5.) Jannat-ul-Mawa. "Near which is the _Garden of
Repose_." (Sura liii. 15.) (6) Jannat-un-Na'im. "Amid _delights_ shall the
righteous dwell." (Sura lxxxii. 13.) (7) Jannat-ul-Illiyun. "The register
of the righteous is {172} in _Illiyun_." (Sura lxxxiii. 18,) (8.)
Jannat-ul-Firdaus. "Those who believe and do the things that are right,
t