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PARADISE, THE PLACE OF

ENDLESS HAPPINESS

Allah brings those who follow His guidance the good news of a
Paradise filled with blessings where they will live eternally and
warns them not to be deceived by the life of this world and place it
above Paradise: "The life of this world is nothing but a game and a
diversion. The abode of the Hereafter—that is truly Life if they
only knew." (Surat al-‘Ankabut: 64) and "... the best homecoming is
in the presence of Allah." (Surah Al ‘Imran: 14) Allah tells us that
the Hereafter is more precious than the life of this world and supe-
rior to it and that people's real life is there. In that case, what kind of
surroundings and existence await people in the Hereafter?
Our concern here is with Paradise and the happiness which will
be experienced there, rather than Hell which is the place of torment
which Allah has prepared for disbelievers.
In His verses, Allah tells us that the life of the Hereafter is the
real life of the human being. In Paradise, the defects and shortcom-
ings of the life of this world will no longer exist. There will be every-
thing the human heart desires. Allah has informed us of the
perfection of the Garden and the details of the life believers will live
there in the Qur'an. He mentions the surroundings in which believ-
ers will live, what they will eat, the natural beauties of Paradise and

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