Man and Paradise

PARADISE OF THIS WORLD, PARADISE OF THE HEREAFTER importance to them, but Paradise is for those who can rise above worldly attachments and develop supreme concern for God alone. If one’s interest is focused on his family and his people, with a relationship with God limited to formal rituals, he will not find a place in Paradise. Only those who are focused on God, with all their interests being God-oriented, will find a place in Paradise. Their relationships with everything and everyone else are purely duty or need-based, such as caring for the family. Essentially, they love God and God alone. PARADISE OF THIS WORLD, PARADISE OF THE HEREAFTER The present world is a testing ground, while the Hereafter is the home of reward. Discovering the present world as an introduction to Paradise makes one deserving of eternal Paradise. According to the Quran, this world bears a resemblance to Paradise (2:25). Whatever a person will be given in the world of Paradise has its initial and imperfect version granted to them in this world. The only difference is that the present world is temporary and extremely limited, while the world of Paradise is eternal and free from all limitations. That is why the Quran says that man has been granted everything in this world according to his needs (14:34), whereas in the Paradise of the Hereafter, all things will be granted to man according to his desires. (41:31) The Hereafter is the home of reward, while the present world is