Two Categories Of Paradise

TWO CATEGORIES OF PARADISE Those who have made God their supreme concern, live in the presence of God at a psychological level. Then their thinking becomes God-oriented in the full sense. T he Quran says of the people of Paradise that they will find themselves “in the seat of truth with an all-powerful sovereign.” (54:55) This verse and other verses from the Quran indicate that there are two categories of Paradise. One Paradise is near and the other Paradise is far away.The Paradise which is close at hand will be in the neighbourhood of God and it is here that those people will be lodged who have attained a high level of realization. The Paradise which is far away is that which is distant from the neighbourhood of God. The people of Paradise who are of a general category will find a place in this latter Paradise. That is, the true believers of the general category will find a place in the far off Paradise and not in the nearby Paradise.