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h honey of undiluted purity" (Surah Muhammad, 15) shows us
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that Paradise contains excellences that cannot be compared
with things in this world. A hadith also indicates this unimagin-
able beauty:
Allah said: "I have prepared for My pious servants things
which have never been seen by an eye, nor heard by an
ear, or (even) imagined by a human being." (Muslim)
In one verse, Allah says that believers will live in Paradise
as His welcome guests:
But those who heed their Lord will have Gardens
through which rivers flow, to live in for ever as a
welcome from Allah. What is with Allah is better
for those who are truly good. (Surah Al 'Imran,
198)
In this verse, Allah describes Paradise as a place of cele-
bration. The end of the world, passing the test, and reaching
one's true homeland is certainly a reward worth celebrating.
This celebration's duration, dimensions, and content will be
too glorious to compare with anything on Earth.
An eternal life full of such never-ending blessings brings a
joy that belongs only to Paradise: not to grow tired. Believers
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Of course, this includes mental fatigue. People living
under this world's prevailing conditions tire easily, because
their bodies are created weak. When they get tired, their
minds begin to get cloudy, they lose concentration and find it
hard to think and conceptualize. But this does not happen in