The Garden of Paradise
Without Paying the Price
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WITHOUT PAYING THE PRICE
Man has to offer his own being in return for
paradise. Whoever sacrifices his life for God will
find eternal reward. There is no other way of
earning salvation.
There comes a time in everybody’s life when one
has to sacrifice something—one’s self, one’s honour,
one’s property or one’s life itself—for the sake of
one’s religion. Whoever makes the required
sacrifices at such times is worthy of God’s favour.
Whoever stops short of self-sacrifices in God’s path
will be permanently denied His blessings.
Paradise is so priceless that nothing we have can
pay for it. God has nonetheless put a trivial price on
it, that is, the sacrifice that we must make for it. The
only thing that lies between man and paradise is
that he should give up his insignificant self to God;
that he should expend all his paltry wealth for the
sake of God; that he should spend his time on earth
serving God. To accept truth is a sacrifice; to give
up one’s wealth for the cause of God is a sacrifice; to
spend one’s time and energy working for God’s
