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BASIC TENETS OF ISLAM

will be given an easy reckoning and return to his family
joyfully. But as for him who is given his Book behind
his back, he will cry out for destruction but will be
roasted in a Searing Blaze. He used to be joyful in his
family. He thought that he was never going to return.
But in fact his Lord was always watching him! (Surat al-

Inshiqaq: 7-15)

PARADISE AND HELL

The Companions of the Fire and the Companions of
paradise are not the same. It is the Companions of
paradise who are the victors. (Surat al-Hashr: 20)

When Allah created the Prophet Adam (pbuh), the first
man on earth, and his wife, He placed them in paradise.
However, as Allah informs us in the Qur'an, in paradise, the
Prophet Adam (pbuh) and his wife with the inculnation of
satan transgressed Allah's prohibition.
This story allows us to recognize that a human tends to
appreciate the beauty and value of something good if he can

compare it to something evil. He grasps the wickedness of
evil if he knows that which is good. The value of something
can be precisely appreciated by comparison. Having been
placed in paradise first, the Prophet Adam (pbuh) and his
wife had never been to a place that could be compared to
paradise, and thus failed to appreciate the difference.

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