1 The first quarter is called the east because it is the first; the second is called the south, notable as the place where the Most High will descend, indeed, a special place where the eternally blessed will descend. 2 The west quarter is known as the diminished because all the heavenly bodies wane and set there. 3 The fourth quarter, called the north, is divided into three parts: the first is for human habitation; the second contains seas, abysses, forests, rivers, darkness, and clouds; the third part holds the garden of righteousness. 4 I observed seven high mountains, higher than any others on earth, from which hoar-frost emerges and where days, seasons, and years pass. 5 I saw seven rivers on the earth, larger than all others. One of these, originating from the west, flows into the Great Sea. 6 Two of these rivers come from the north and empty their waters into the Erythraean Sea in the east. 7 The remaining four originate from the north and flow into their respective seas; two into the Erythraean Sea and two into the Great Sea, with some ending in the desert. 8 I saw seven great islands, two on the mainland and five in the Great Sea.⁠a