illiyin

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Illiyin or Illiyun ({{langx|ar|عِلِّيِّين, عِلِّيُّون|ʿilliyyīn, -ūn}} literally: Heaven, Upperworld) is a Quranic term referring to either the "most high" and "supreme" places above Jannah, i.e. the Garden of Eden or Paradise, in the seventh Heaven closest to the Throne of God (al-ʿArsh),{{cite book |last1=Abdul-Rahman |first1=Muhammad Saed |title=Tafsir Ibn Kathir Juz' 22 (Part 22): Al-Ahzab 31 To Ya-Sin 27 |date=2009 |publisher=MSA Publication Limited |isbn=9781861796141 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XaK6iZWR9m0C |accessdate=3 October 2019 |language=en}}{{cite book |title=Tafsir Ibn Kathir all 10 volumes |publisher=IslamKotob |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uTJoiXp3pS4C |accessdate=3 October 2019 |language=en}} or, according to a different interpretation, a register for the blessed or record of the righteous,{{cite book |last1=Imani |first1=Sayyid Kamal Faqih |title=An Enlightening Commentary Into the Light of the Holy Qur'an |date=4 November 2015 |publisher=Imam Ali Foundation |location=Tehran, Iran |isbn=9781519112446 |url=https://www.al-islam.org/enlightening-commentary-light-holy-quran-vol-19/surah-mutaffifin-chapter-83#illiyin-anticipating-righteous |accessdate=3 October 2019}}Patrick Hughes, Thomas Patrick Hughes. Dictionary of Islam. Asian Educational Services. 1995. {{ISBN|978-8-120-60672-2}}. p. 200. which is mentioned in [https://quran.com/83/18-20 Verses 83:18–20]({{Cite Quran|83|18|e=20|s=ns|b=n}}) of the Quran. It is also understood as the abode of the believers before Resurrection.{{cite book |last= Lange|first= Christian|author-link= |date= 2016|title= Paradise and Hell in Islamic Traditions|url= |location= Cambridge United Kingdom|publisher= Cambridge University Press|page= |isbn=978-0-521-50637-3}}{{rp|p=21}} The antithesis of Illiyin is Sijjin.{{cite book |last1=Abdul-Rahman |first1=Muhammad Saed |title=Tafsir Ibn Kathir Part 30 of 30: An Nabaa 001 to An Nas 006 |date=2018 |publisher=Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVJjDwAAQBAJ |accessdate=3 October 2019 |language=en}}