This article is a general description of the concept of Paradise as it pertains to Islam. Many of Harry Turtledove's Muslim characters subscribe or have subscribed to the concept described below.
Jannah (Arabic: جنّة) is the Islamic conception of Paradise. According to Islamic eschatology, after death, one will reside in the grave until the appointed resurrection on Yawm al-Qiyāmah. Muslims believe that the treatment of the individual in the life of the grave will be according to his or her deeds in the worldly life. Jannah is often compared to Christian concepts of Heaven. According to Muslim belief, everything one longs for in this world, will be there in Paradise.