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               Platters and cups of gold will passed around among you
               and you will have there all that the heart desires and the
               eye finds delight in. You will remain in it timelessly, for-
               ever.
               That is the Garden you will inherit for what you did.
               (Surat az-Zukhruf: 68-72)

               51. Who goes to Paradise?

               …Allah has inscribed faith upon such people’s hearts
               and will reinforce them with a spirit of His own and
               admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing under them.
               There they shall remain timelessly, forever. Allah is
               pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. Such
               people are of the party of Allah. Truly, it is the party of
               Allah who are successful. (Surat al-Mujadilah: 22)
               Some other qualities of the believers to whom Allah
           promises Heaven are stated in the Qur’an as follows:
               those who believe and do good works (Surat al-
               Baqarah: 25),
               those who go in fear (taqwa) of Allah (Surat al ‘Imran:
               15),
               those who control their rage (Surat al ‘Imran: 134),
               those who do not knowingly persist in their misdeeds.
               (Surat al ‘Imran: 135),
               those who obey Allah and His Messenger (Surat an-
               Nisa: 13),
               those who say their prayers (salat) regularly and give in
               charity (zakat) regularly, and believe in Allah’s
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