Shaping the Souls for Eternal Paradise
English book, p. 219
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
LIVING IN GOD’S NEIGHBOURHOOD at the mention of God, and whose faith grows stronger as they listen to His revelations.” (The Quran, 8:2) They are acutely aware of being accountable to God. Expelling all feelings of envy, malice and revenge from their hearts, they experience divine forgiveness. In their tears of repentance, they have seen the mercy of a beneficent Master who forgives His servants for their mistakes. They forgive others so their Lord will forgive them. They willingly surrender themselves before the Truth. People of Paradise are like flowers of the garden of heaven. In this world, they are, as it were, buds that will bloom in heaven in the world to come. Everyone’s Heaven and Hell is hidden in the different types of conditions one faces in life. In the face of such situations, if you react negatively, you prove yourself eligible for eternal deprivation. If you respond positively, you establish yourself as qualified for Heaven. ETERNAL BLISS OR ETERNAL DEPRIVATION Death means eternal bliss for some and eternal deprivation for others. Fortunate are those who find themselves on the threshold of Heaven at the time of death. The greatest calamity afflicting our world is that one million people die every day. No one knows, of those

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