English book · Shaping the Souls for Eternal Paradise

Life of Paradise

English book, p. 164

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

lack of interest limits our capacity to enjoy rather than limit our desires. Paradise is where not only will all pleasures be given to man in greater quantity and a complete form but also where his limitations about the capacity to enjoy those pleasures will be done away with. In Paradise, it will no longer be that man wants to enjoy something, but he cannot do so because of his limitations. As a result, Paradise will become a place of eternal joy for man. The boredom that man experiences in the world results from a contradiction. Man is an idealist by birth. He wants to obtain things in their ideal form. However, in this world, everything is non-ideal. It is the actual cause of boredom with things. A man runs after something or the other in line with his desires. He thinks that this is the very thing that he has been seeking. However, after obtaining and experiencing it, he feels the same thing is much below his desirable ideal. This is why a man experiences the joy of searching for something in this world, but after obtaining that, he experiences no lasting pleasure. There is a deceptive joy for man in the present world. There will be true joy in the Hereafter, but only for those who have proven eligible for it. Everything in the Paradise of the Hereafter will be ideal. The inhabitants of Paradise will experience true and unlimited joy. In Paradise, they will get whatever they want, and more will be added. There will be no question of boredom in that perfect world.

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