Who is Eligible for Paradise?
English book, p. 34
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
for those fortunate people who are determined to pay the price for it. They need to prove their eligibility for this in terms of their actions while on earth. To get a seat in eternal Paradise, you should be able to discover God and develop conviction in Him, although He is unseen in the present world. Living in space and time, you need to develop the vision that can see beyond. You need to find meaning in the midst of a dark jungle of words. Living in a sea of desires, you need to save yourself from drowning in it. You need to make yourself egoless. Living among people who wish you ill, you need to become a well-wisher of all. Possessing complete freedom, you need to voluntarily surrender yourself completely to God. You need to hear unspoken words and discover invisible truths. In a world full of lies and deceit, you need always to speak the truth. Surrounded by dishonesty, you need to be scrupulously honest. God’s angels are active, day and night, drawing up a list of people who are considered eligible for entry into Paradise. These are people who have attained God-realization, which has enabled them to shift their attention away from everything else and make God alone their supreme concern. Overwhelmed by the realization of the glory of God, all their feelings of pride and superiority have been wiped off. They are ever mindful of God’s admonishment, which makes it impossible for them to indulge in worldly pleasures. They are deaf to the sounds that appear alluring to others. They see worldly progress and worldly deprivation as synonymous. Instead of going around trying to prove

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