Note 300 — PART II THE DIVINE COMEDY COMPARED WITH OTHER MOSLEM LEGENDS ON THE AFTER-LIFE
Harold Sunderland translation
It should be noted that, as in Dante’s poem, there are two ablutions in two rivers, whereas in the Biblical story the earthly paradise is watered by four rivers. The effects of the double ablution in the Islamic legend are also similar to those experienced by Dante. Cp. the following descriptions: Ibn Makhluf, II, 62, line 13, and Purg. I, 95, 128; XXVIII, 128; XXXIII, 129, 138, and 142.