VOLUME 1 / LESSON NO: 4 - ABOUT PARADISE
Q 1: What is paradise?
A. Paradise (heaven) is an abode of endless bliss that Allah Almighty has created for the believers. It comprises one hundred ranks and the distance between two ranks is like that of the distance between the earth and heavens. Each heaven is so vast and spacious that there will remain enough room if the whole world with all its contents is placed therein.
Q 2: What is in paradise?
A. Allah Almighty has created in Paradise such a variety of physical and spiritual bliss and felicity that is unseen, unheard, unimagined, and undreamt of. Even an emperor in this world cannot enjoy such pleasures and facilities which will be available to the inmates of the lowest rank of paradise.
Q 3: What will be the greatest blessing in paradise?
A. The greatest favor bestowed to the believers in Paradise is the "vision (sight) of Allah". All divine bounties and favors will be eclipsed by Allah's vision. Once the believers experience this “vision” they would remain absorbed in its exquisite ecstasy forever.
Q 4: How many believers will be admitted into paradise?
A. The Holy Prophet said, “From my slaves, seventy thousand would be admitted into heaven without any reckoning. Every one of them would take a group of seventy thousand believers with him into paradise.” Allah Almighty would yet grace them and three more multitudes of believers would accompany them. The exact number of believers who will be admitted into heaven is known only to Allah or His noble Prophet whom Allah Almighty has endowed with such knowledge.