PARADISE AND MAN

Man is created for Paradise, and Paradise is created for man. If man can save himself from distractions and remain steadfast on the path to Paradise, he will certainly realize his true divine nature and conscience. By doing so, he will be deemed worthy of entering Paradise by God Almighty.

God has created man essentially for Paradise. According to the divine plan, Paradise is the only fitting place for a noble soul like man. The truth is that man and Paradise are counterparts to one another: Paradise is made for man, and man is made for Paradise. Man seeks Paradise, and Paradise seeks man. Man is incomplete without Paradise, and Paradise is incomplete without man. It is part of God’s creation plan that human beings should be trained in this world to deserve to be lodged in the eternal world of Paradise.

The condition laid down by God for entry into Paradise is entirely practicable. The condition is that man must lead his life according to the natural state bestowed upon him by God at birth, and he should reach God (after death) in that same natural state: “And he alone will be saved who comes to God with a sound heart.” (Quran, 26:89)

This is the only condition for entry into Paradise: that man must adhere to the nature he is born with, as given by God. He must not deviate from this divine nature. God “inspired this (divine nature) so that he might understand what was right and wrong for it.” (Quran, 91:8). If a man saves himself from distraction, he will certainly discover his true nature, which is in the form of conscience within every human being.

This conscience is an internal sign of this divine nature. God’s prophets came to the world to make men aware of this nature so that what exists within man at the unconscious level might be consciously discovered. The truth is that man is for Paradise, and Paradise is for man. The only exception to this rule is one who knowingly deviates from the path towards Paradise.