How does the Court of the Lions at the Alhambra correspond to the Islamic vision of Paradise?

What will be an ideal response?

The ideal Answer should include:
1. The courtyard was originally a sunken garden with raised fountains and water channels.
2. romatic shrubs, flowers, and small citrus trees were planted between the four radiating channels-recalling the rivers of paradise-that divide the courtyard into quarters.
3. The lushly planted courtyard embodied the Islamic vision of paradise as a well-watered, walled garden.
4. The Persian term for paradise, pairidiz, accordingly referred to an enclosed park.

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