Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
Who will be Saved?
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WHO WILL BE SAVED?
To be deserving of heaven in the next world, one
must experience it in this world: one must attain the
spiritual uplift which will qualify one for heaven in
the hereafter. Fear of Judgement Day should make
the hair on one’s body stand on end. One’s heart
should be illuminated by manifestations of God’s
glory, which make one feel close to Him. One
should suppress feelings of anger and vengeance,
demonstrating thus what the forgiveness of the
Lord will be like. One should witness through one’s
own tears of contrition the scene of a forgiving
master pardoning his repentant servant. One
should pardon those who are at one’s mercy, in the
hope that God will be forgiving on the day that one
will be totally at His mercy. One should control
one’s tongue, though one is able to speak at will.
One should bow before the truth on earth, as others
will in eternity.
The believer is a flower of the garden of paradise,
which sprouts in this world and blossoms in the
next. He experiences in this world what others will
experience after death, when it is too late. People’s
