Page 317 - Learning from the Qur'an

THE GARDEN (PARADISE)

ONLY THE BELIEVERS
WILL ENTER THE GARDEN
Those who believe in the Unseen and perform prayer and spend
from what We have provided for them. Those who believe in what
has been sent down to you and what was sent down before you,
and are certain about the hereafter. They are the people guided
by their Lord. They are the ones who have success. (Qur'an, 2:3-
5)
And the Garden will be brought up close to those with
heedfulness, not far away: 'This is what you were promised.It is
for every careful penitent: those who fear the All-Merciful in the
Unseen and come with a contrite heart. Enter it in peace. This is
the Day of Timeless Eternity.' (Qur'an, 50:31-34)
Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their wealth
in return for the Garden. They fight in the Way of Allah and they
kill and are killed. It is a promise binding on Him in the Torah,
the Gospel and the Qur'an and who is truer to his contract than
Allah? Rejoice then in the bargain you have made. That is the great
victory. (Qur'an, 9:111)
Allah has promised the men and women of the believers Gardens
with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for
ever, and fine dwellings in the Gardens of Eden. And Allah's good
pleasure is even greater. That is the great victory. (Qur'an, 9:72)
But the truth is that if he is one of Those Brought Near. There is
solace and sweetness and a Garden of Delight. And if he is one of
the Companions of the Right. 'Peace be upon you!' from the
Companions of the Right (Qur'an, 56:88-91)
These are Allah's limits. As for those who obey Allah and His
Messenger, We will admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing
under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever. That is the
Great Victory. (Qur'an, 4:13)

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