Life Death and Beyond

Farsightedness in Seeking Paradise selection will happen on the basis of the record that is being made by recording angels. In the eternal life of the Hereafter, this good fortune of living in the neighbourhood of God will be obtained exclusively on the basis of merit. The neighbourhood of God is a universal garden, as it were. In this garden, only those people who fully conform to divine standards will find a place. Anything less than divine standards will not entitle a person to a place in this garden. Those selected for entrance into Paradise will be those who in the life of this world made God their supreme concern, whose thinking, feelings and actions were all devoted to God, whose days and nights were spent in devotion to God. It is these fortunate people who will be selected for living in God’s neighbourhood. Farsightedness in Seeking Paradise Abu Hurayrah relates that the Prophet Muhammad said: “Whosoever fears, sets out at nightfall. And whoever sets out early at night, reaches the destination. Verily God’s merchandise is expensive! Verily God’s merchandise is Paradise!” (Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2388) In ancient Arabia, travellers would begin their journey in the darkness of night so that before the heat of the day became extreme, they could arrive at their next halt or their destination. This was how people travelled in the desert in those days, because there was the danger that if one travelled in the hot sun, one might die, and so too might one’s camel.