Living in God's Glory

A BUD THAT WILL BLOOM IN HEAVEN him. undoubtedly, it is challenging for him to forget the bruises inflicted on his heart in such a situation. however, if he leaves the matter to God and bears it for God’s sake, his action will never be wasted. instead, he will receive from God what he could not obtain from fellow human beings. if you give your word to someone, it is as if you are giving him a cheque that can be encashed when you act on your promise. however, if you go back on your word when you must act, it is like refusing to honour the cheque you had signed when it is presented for payment. This is, of course, a very bitter experience for the victim of your action. however, if he bears with it patiently, God promises that he will reward him for this. The ‘cheque’ that could not be ‘encashed’ in a ‘human bank’ will be encashed in the ‘divine bank’, whether in this life or the hereafter. A BUD THAT WILL BLOOM IN HEAVEN A true believer is a flower of the garden of Heaven. In this world, he is, as it were, a bud that will burst into bloom in Heaven in the world to come. The Quran says: “he will admit them into the Garden he has already made known to them.” (47:6) Elsewhere, it says about the people of Paradise: “Whenever they are given fruit to eat, they will say, ‘This is what we