On the Threshold of Paradise

ON THE THRESHOLD OF PARADISE situation, a man would, ideally, be able to fulfil all his requirements single-handedly. The advent of automation is an advance intimation of the joys of Paradise. Indeed, of Paradise, the Quran says: “We are your companions in this life and the Hereafter. Therein you shall have all that your souls desire, and therein you shall have all you ask for as a rich provision from One who is ever forgiving and most merciful.’ (41:31) From the scientific and academic standpoint, the facts mentioned above make the ideal age of the future— the “spiritual civilisation”—understandable in terms of being a super-industrial age. This fourth phase of civilisation is yet to be completed, but in this phase, that ideal world—in religious terms, Paradise—will most probably take shape in the world Hereafter. Paradise: Final Phase of Man’s Journey Paradise is the final period of the journey of civilisation. By the law of Nature, such a world will exist in due