The Garden of Paradise
Introduction
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INTRODUCTION
God has created an ideal world called paradise. It is
a world of everlasting joy and bliss. No turmoil or
pain mars its delight. One is never beset there by
anguish or calamity. It is a trouble-free world of
infinite blessings, where one will experience neither
death, boredom nor grief.
The search for such an ideal world is an instinctive
urge in man. Everybody is searching for an invisible
paradise; but none is able to find a paradise of such
infinite blessings in the present finite world. God
has reserved it for the next world.
None can earn paradise automatically; only those
who perform heavenly actions on earth will be
deserving of it. God has divided our lives into two
parts: a short period on earth, and the rest in the
hereafter. This world is for action. The next world is
for reaping the rewards of our actions.
Man is free to do as he wishes on earth, but his free
will is no more than a test. He should treat it as
such. He should not revel in his power. Those who
are not deluded by their temporary power, and
