English book · Shaping the Souls for Eternal Paradise

Paradise: The Ideal World of the Hereafter

English book, p. 152

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

This symbol is based on a story from the Bible. According to this story, a serpent was also present in Paradise, where Adam had been placed. However, this story is not true. There is no ‘serpent’ in the eternal Paradise made by God. However, in all the temporary ‘paradises’ that man seeks to make on his own in this world, ‘serpents’ do exist. No ‘paradise’ made by man is free of ‘serpents’. Difficulties and challenges beset the human world. The eternal Paradise made by God is an ideal abode. There is no sorrow, regret of the past, fear, or apprehension about the future. There are neither disadvantages nor limitations nor any pollution, strife, or violence. It is, in the total sense, an ideal realm. This ideal Paradise has been made so that selected people can be settled there. Those who measure up to the high divine standards will be given this Paradise after death as a reward. They will live there forever and will never want to come out. Man is a seeker of Paradise by birth. Every person, impelled by his Nature, seeks this Paradise. He is restless to obtain it. In the world before death, everyone is occupied with building the ‘paradise’ of his dreams here on Earth. The biggest concern of every person is to build the ‘paradise’ that exists in his dreams. However, what every person gets in actual practice are only struggle and wasted effort. No one obtains the result that they had so desperately hankered after. People put in all their efforts to get the ‘paradise’ of their dreams here

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