英语词汇seventh heaven的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Seventh Heaven. The Muhammadan Seventh Heaven, is said to be “beyond the power of description.” There each inhabitant is bigger than the whole earth and has 70,000 tongues that speak 70,000 languages—all forever chanting the praises of Al- lah. In the Islamic graded concept of Heaven, which also pre- vailed among the Jews, one goes after death to the Heaven he has earned on earth, and the Seventh Heaven, ruled by Abra- ham, is the ultimate one, a region of pure light lying above the other six, the Heaven of Heavens. Anyone in Seventh Heaven is thus in a state of ineffable bliss, having the greatest pleasure possible.

词汇	seventh heaven
词源	Seventh Heaven. The Muhammadan Seventh Heaven, is said to be “beyond the power of description.” There each inhabitant is bigger than the whole earth and has 70,000 tongues that speak 70,000 languages—all forever chanting the praises of Al- lah. In the Islamic graded concept of Heaven, which also pre- vailed among the Jews, one goes after death to the Heaven he has earned on earth, and the Seventh Heaven, ruled by Abra- ham, is the ultimate one, a region of pure light lying above the other six, the Heaven of Heavens. Anyone in Seventh Heaven is thus in a state of ineffable bliss, having the greatest pleasure possible.
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