Definition of "seventh heaven" [seventh heaven]

• A state of great joy and satisfaction. (noun)
• The farthest of the concentric spheres containing the stars and constituting the dwelling place of God and the angels in the Muslim and kabbalist systems. (noun)

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• "This “Sidrat al-Muntahá” (Zizyphus lotus) stands m the seventh heaven on the right hand of Allah’s throne: and even the angels may not pass beyond it."