THE PARADISE AND THE WASTELAND

IN GOD WE TRUST - FAITH AND GOOD PRACTICE

Qur'an [40:51-85], The Forgiver -

51 We support Our messengers and the believers, in the present life and on the Day when witnesses arise. 52 On the Day when excuses will not profit the evildoers, their fate will be rejection and they will have the worst of homes. 53 We gave Moses guidance and passed down the Scripture to the Children of Israel, 54 as a guide and a reminder to people of understanding. 55 So be patient, Prophet, for what God has promised is sure to come. Ask forgiveness for your sins; praise your Lord morning and evening. 56 As for those who, with no authority to do so, dispute God’s messages, there is nothing in their hearts but a thirst for a greatness they will never attain. Seek refuge in God, for He is the All Hearing, the All Seeing.

57 The creation of the heavens and earth is greater by far than the creation of mankind, though most people do not know it. 58The blind and the sighted are not equal, just as those who believe and do good works and those who do evil are not equal: how seldom you reflect! 59 The Final Hour is sure to come, without doubt, but most people do not believe. 60Your Lord says, ‘Call on Me and I will answer you; those who are too proud to serve Me will enter Hell humiliated.’

Qur'an [25:53-62], The Differentiator -

53 It is He who released the two bodies of flowing water, one sweet and fresh and the other salty and bitter, and put an insurmountable barrier between them. 54 It is He who creates human beings from fluid, then makes them kin by blood and marriage: your Lord is all powerful! 55 Yet instead of God they worship things that can neither benefit nor harm them: the disbeliever has always turned his back on his Lord. 56 We sent you only to give good news and warning. 57 Say, ‘I am not asking for any reward for it, but anyone who wishes should take a path to his Lord.’ 58 Put your trust in the Living [God] who never dies, and celebrate His praise. He knows the sins of His servants well enough: 59 it is He who created the heavens and earth and what is between them in six Days, and then established Himself on the throne– He is the Lord of Mercy; He is the Best Informed. 60 Yet when they are told, ‘Bow down before the Lord of Mercy,’ they say, ‘What is the Lord of Mercy? Should we bow down before anything you command?’ and they turn even further away. 61 Exalted is He who put constellations in the heavens, a radiant light, and an illuminating moon– 62 it is He who made the night and day follow each other– so anyone who wishes may be mindful or show gratitude.

Qur'an, [88:1-20], The Overwhelming Event -

Have you heard tell [Prophet] about the Overwhelming Event? On that Day, there will be downcast faces, toiling and weary, as they enter the blazing Fire and are forced to drink from a boiling spring, with no food for them except bitter dry thorns that neither nourish nor satisfy hunger. On that Day there will also be faces radiant with bliss, well pleased with their labour, in a lofty garden, where they will hear no idle talk, with a flowing spring, raised couches, goblets placed before them, cushions set in rows, and carpets spread. Do the disbelievers not see how rain clouds are formed, how the heavens are lifted, how the mountains are raised high, how the earth is spread out?

THE PARADISE AND THE WASTELAND

"Peace be upon you, because ye have endured with patience; how excellent a reward is paradise!"

(Q13:24).

We said: “Get you down from here, all of you, and guidance shall come to you from Me: then, whoever will follow My guidance need have no fear, nor shall they grieve. But those who refuse to accept this (guidance) and reject Our Signs as false are destined for the Fire where they shall abide for ever.”

(Q2:38-39)

As for the disbelievers, they will have the Fire of Hell, where they will not be ˹allowed to be˺ finished by death, nor will its torment be lightened.

(Q35:36).