On the Threshold of Paradise

ON THE THRESHOLD OF PARADISE According to the evolutionary law, the Earth is heading towards a superior stage. This will be the Earth’s last evolutionary stage, which we can call the perfect world—Paradise. What is Paradise? There is no mystery about Paradise. It is an accepted scientific fact, just like any other scientific fact. In reality, Paradise is a transformation of the Earth. The Earth was initially an inchoate, molten mass; then, it cooled down to its present state, taking the form of our world as we know it today. Similarly, another transformation will take place in the future, but to a far greater degree: at that time, our non-paradisiacal Earth will turn into Paradise. In this world, many things are brought into existence due to conversion—for example, water results from converting two gases. A tree represents the conversion of the soil’s nutrients. Machines are a conversion of iron from its crude state into complex mechanisms. The industrial world ensures the conversion of inert materials into socially valuable commodities. In the same way, the conversion will take place on a far grander scale in the future. From the ideal world, this will change into a perfect world at that time. This instance of conversion is referred to in the Quran in the following verse: “When the earth shall be changed into another earth…” (14:48)