WHO WILL INHERIT PARADISE?
A Paradisiacal person is such an ardent seeker of Paradise that he begins to feel as if he is already living in Paradise, even while physically in this world. If they have found Paradise in this sense in this world, they will physically become residents of Paradise in the next world of the Hereafter.
Who are the people who will inherit Paradise? They are the souls who have discovered God and whose greatest concern is the Almighty. They worship only the one God and devote their lives to improving their intellectual and spiritual abilities to the highest degree. They have shunned the life of falsehood and adhered steadfastly to the way of truth, avoiding hypocrisy and remaining resolutely on the path of sincerity. They have embraced honesty throughout their lives and have voluntarily imposed divine discipline upon their words and deeds. They reserve their feelings of love and fear exclusively for God. Their life and death are for the sake of truth. They do not live their lives for anything less than the highest cause. Their activities are focused on the Hereafter rather than on this world. They succeed in steering clear of all negative feelings such as hatred, jealousy, prejudice, selfishness, and other shallow thoughts, and they elevate themselves to the highest moral level. They associate with people for the sake of truth and distance themselves for the same reason. They give and take for God alone. Their lips open only for the truth. They follow the path of forgiveness, not revenge, and do not become entangled in the attractions of this world but keep their gaze fixed on the Hereafter in all situations.
A Paradisiacal person, one fit to inhabit Paradise, is such an ardent seeker of Paradise that he begins to feel as if he is already living in Paradise, even while physically in this world. If they have found Paradise in this sense, in the next world, they will physically become residents of Paradise.
God’s angels will welcome those men and women who reach the Hereafter with all the qualities described above. The angels will come forward and say: “Congratulations, O Blessed Souls! Enter God’s heaven by divine decree. Here, there is no death and no parting from this joyous world. Eternal life has been granted to you for all eternity.” The Quran says:
“O soul at peace, return to your Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing. Join My servants. Enter My Paradise.” (89:27-30)
