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Eligibility for Paradise

English book, p. 57

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

ELIGIBILITY FOR PARADISE of creation begins to see the glowing radiance of the Creator. God has, through His prophets, explained the attributes of a person fit for Paradise. Therefore, while living in this world, a person who produces in himself paradisiacal attributes will, after death, be declared eligible for entry into Paradise. Entry into Paradise will happen neither on any recommendation nor is it based on a connection to any revered personality. Neither will it happen based on any mysterious spiritual solutions. Instead, admission into Paradise is entirely based on a known reality— and that is, that the person who in the present world becomes and lives like a paradisiacal person will find admission in Paradise in the Hereafter. Paradise is for those who have purified themselves. Purification means that man should abandon a life of heedlessness and adopt a life of awareness. He should be strong enough to overcome desires which come in the way of achieving this goal. He should save himself

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