Page 71 - Zeal and Enthusiasm in the Qur'an

Lord. No unfavorable morals peculiar to ignorant societies (such as
hatred, rage or jealousy) will exist there; they will perish once and
for all.
In paradise no difficulties particular to the life of this world will
persist. There will be no need to thwart the plans of those who de-
vise plots or to be alert against the strategies of hypocrites.

Believers will be hosted there for all eternity, residing in peace and
joy among whatever favors their soul desire. All people will be cre-
ated in the best form and will be purified of human imperfections.
They will be good-natured, beautiful, loving and equal in age. The
natural laws of the life of this world will no longer apply; a new life
with new kinds of blessings has been prepared for those whose
faith was assured. Paradise is additionally a place of physical mag-
nificence with splendid mansions, perpetual fruit trees within easy
reach, rivers of honey, and many other appealing aesthetic as-

pects.
Above and beyond all that, "eternity," a concept the human
mind finds difficult to grasp, permeates paradise. Life in paradise is
not limited to hundreds, thousands, billions or trillions of years... it
is an endless and eternal life. Man will not feel boredom or weari-
ness therein, and he will forever derive great pleasure from every
moment he spends in it.

Thinking about these blessings while still in the world and the
hope of attaining paradise becomes a major source of zeal and de-
sire for believers. With the incentive of obtaining such blessings,
they become more zealous and put forth more effort to be servants
of Allah who are worthy of paradise. As Allah describes in the
Qur’an, they compete with each other in good works and strive to
be foremost in winning "a garden as wide as the heavens and
earth." 96

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