Islam As It Is
The Hereafter
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breathing comes to you in this world.”
Just as the human body excretes filth, so does the
human mentality emits hate, — antipathy, jealousy,
vengeance, arrogance and injustice. Considering
that the Prophet’s words show Paradise as a world
in which all filth and foul matter will be emitted in
a fragrant form, how could it ever be possible for
people who emit foul sentiments to enter that
flawless domain? Those who discharge ‘filth’ in a
form that is unacceptable are certainly not fit to
inhabit the pure world of Paradise.
Those of God’s servants who will be welcomed in
Paradise are those who exude purity. They are the
ones who show love in return for hatred, who
forgive when they might well seek vengeance.
Paradise is a place for people who display, good-will
when tempted to be jealous and malicious, a sense of
justice when in a position to be cruel, and humility
when it would be easy to be arrogant. This is what is
meant by transforming inner filth into purity and
fragrance. It is only people who are able to do so
who will find their abode in the Gardens of Paradise.
The world has been so made that from time to time
