Islamic Concept regarding Afterlife : Paradise

Q 1: What is paradise?

A. Paradise is an abode of endless bliss which Allah Almighty has created for the believers. It is comprised of one hundred classes and the distance between two classes 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 such paraphernalia of physical and spiritual bliss and felicity in it that is unseen, unheard en-imagined and undreamt of.Even an emperor and king can not enjoy such pleasures and facilities which will be available to the inmates of the lowest class of tile paradise.

Q 3: Which will be the greatest blessing in paradise?

A. The greatest favour with which the believers will be graced in heavens is the ”vision (sight) of Allah”. All divine boons, bounties and favours will be eclipsed by Allah’s vision. Once believers had it they would get absorbed in its exquisite ecstasy for ever.

Q 4: How many believers will be entered into heavens?

A. The Holy Prophet said that of my bondslaves, seventy thousands would be admitted into heavens without any ”reckoning”. Everyone 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 entered into heavens is known to Allah or His Choicest Prophet whom Allah Almighty has   endowed with such knowledge.