Deserving Candidates of Paradise

ON THE THRESHOLD OF PARADISE Quran (76:7), this test tells us who is a thanksgiver and who a denier, who lives a life of acknowledgement and who lives a life of ingratitude. Thanksgiving is acknowledgement, and denial is, in fact, ingratitude. In the Hereafter, when all human beings are presented before their Creator, their eternal future will be decided according to the record of their past deeds. In the court of the Creator, some will be declared thanksgivers while others will be declared as deniers, that is, those who did not acknowledge God. This decision will be based on what deeds one did in life before death. The greatest fortune a person may have is that he gains entry into Paradise in the stage of life after death. This entry into Paradise will not be based on anything mysterious. According to the Quran, it will be based on thanksgiving or acknowledgement of God. In the present world, God’s Angels are continuously preparing a record of man’s words and deeds. According to this record, a thanksgiver will gain entry into Paradise. Moreover, one who denies God or does not acknowledge God will be deprived of Paradise forever. The thanksgiver has a well-integrated personality. This personality may be called a godly (rabbani) personality, although it is built by man himself. The more one