Note 342 — PART II THE DIVINE COMEDY COMPARED WITH OTHER MOSLEM LEGENDS ON THE AFTER-LIFE (continued 2)
Harold Sunderland translation
Futuhat, II, 898. On the following page he inserts a geometrical design, in which, taking the five fundamental precepts of Islam by way of example, he shows how the grades of hell correspond symmetrically to the grades of paradise. This design, with a few unimportant omissions, is reproduced below. The dotted lines indicate the vertical projection of the grades of heaven above those of hell.
Grades of Heaven.
Reward of faith. Reward of prayer. Reward of almsgiving. Reward of fasting. Reward of pilgrimage.
Punishment of faith. Punishment of prayer. Punishment of almsgiving. Punishment of fasting. Punishment of pilgrimage.
Grades of Hell.