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On the Threshold of Paradise

English book, p. 173

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

PARADISE: THE DESTINATION OF MAN approaches, all the bad people will be separated from the good. The bad people will be deprived of all the Earth’s resources, and the Earth will be entrusted solely to the good people. This is the Truth that has been mentioned in the following verse: “And indeed We have written in Az-Zabur, (Psalms) that My righteous servants shall inherit the land” (i.e. the land of Paradise). (21:105) This statement made in the Quran is recorded in detail in the Book of Psalms in the Bible: “The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell in it forever.” (Psalms, 37:29) Studies show that our Earth is a rare exception in this vast Universe. In the vastness of space, massive stars in multitudes outnumber the grains of sand on the seashore. However, many of these stars are only balls of fire. It is a known fact that these stars have remained in the same condition for the last thirteen billion years. Only our Earth is constantly changing and renewing itself in this stagnant Universe. Exceptionally, an evolutionary process is at work, for the Earth continues to witness one stage after another. Ten billion years ago, the Earth was just a fireball. Then it cooled down to become a temperate planet. Subsequently, a phase of heavy rains led to vegetation growth. Then came the animals. Lastly, the humans appeared. After the appearance of human beings, the process of civilisation set in on Earth. In the first phase, man could only build a primitive world. However, he became increasingly successful at constructing a highly developed world later. This human success goes hand in hand with a continuous

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