The Concept of Death

Deserving Candidate for Paradise Who is a deserving candidate for the eternal world of Paradise? According to the Quran, only a muzakka (20:76) person will be selected for being settled into Paradise. Muzakka means a purified soul. The muzakka person is one who prepares himself in terms of the Paradise culture, who develops his personality on the lines required for living in the society of Paradise. Paradise is an ideal society. The qualities that are required in a muzakka person are given in the Quran in detail. The hearts of the people of Paradise will be filled with the glory of God (39:75). This is the first quality of a muzakka person. That is, he must discover the glory of God in the present world and acknowledge it from deep within his heart. Glorifying God is always a result of discovery. It means that a person should adopt the culture of contemplation (tadabbur), and through thinking and reflection, discover God as the Lord of the Universe. This discovery must be intellectually so deep that it should bring about a revolutionary change in his personality. In this way he becomes a rabbani (divine) person. (3:79) A scene from Paradise has been given in the Quran in chapter Al-Qamar (The Moon) in these words: The God-fearing will find themselves in gardens and rivers, in the seat of truth with an all-powerful sovereign. (54:55) It means that the people of Paradise will have the qualities of truthfulness and sincerity in the complete sense of the word. Those who have proved that they possess this high quality will be enrolled in the bright list of entrants to Paradise.