Farsideology: Gold Fever
From WikiIslam
Gold Bricks and Gold Palaces in Jannah
| Allah's Apostle said: (I saw in a dream that) I entered Paradise, and behold, there was a palace built of gold! . . . |
| The Prophet added, "So we ascended till we reached a city built of gold and silver bricks and we went to its gate and asked (the gatekeeper) to open the gate, and it was opened and we entered the city . . . |
Throughout the history of mankind Gold has been associated with death and destruction. The Spanish Conquistadors conquered and destroyed the native Indian civilizations of central and south America in their pursuit of Gold. The Arabic conquest of Persia and India was driven by the lure of Gold and booty. Gold has been used to finance armies in the countless number of wars among the nations of Earth. An unknown number of South African Gold miners have died in the unrelenting search for gold. Cortes, a Spanish Conquistador, never found his El Dorado, the legendary City of Gold of the Americas. However, even today people are still seeking cities of Gold in life and in death.
Gold is truly the universal symbol of death and destruction.
Kind Regards, Farside 
