In heaven there is no jealousy, because God removes all jealousy and hate from His people, and competitors help each other advance.1, 2, 3
No one can imagine the joy and happiness awaiting believers in Heaven, so God describes it in terms we understand from this life.1, 2, 3
The people of Heaven visit the people of Hell and talk with friends there.1
Verses 88 and 89 of Sura 56 refer to a rare and blessed group of people, while verse 90 refers to those who died before forty, who go to the lower heaven.1, 2, 3
It is a physical impossibility for those who arrogantly refuse to believe God's revelations to enter Paradise.1, 2, 3
A person can be Jewish and go to heaven, but must then follow the Torah law, such as honoring the Sabbath, though going back in time is unwise now that the message is complete.1, 2, 3, 4
Intercession in the Quranic sense is a believer in heaven asking God for a loved one, which helps only if that person is already going to heaven, so it is really useless.1, 2, 3, 4
All descriptions of paradise are allegorical, and the forbidden tree probably symbolizes a law God gave Adam and Eve to uphold.1, 2, 3
When the righteous go to heaven they leave their bodies, just as Adam and Eve were before breaking God's law, because the body is not really anything.1, 2, 3
The believers, men and women, are one family, and this spiritual family lasts for eternity while one's genetic family may not go to Heaven, so we must maintain the best relations.1, 2, 3, 4
Anyone, including a Jew or a Christian who does not recognize Muhammad, goes to heaven if they believe in God and the Last Day and lead a righteous life.1, 2, 3, 4
The Quran says that among the Christians and Jews, those who worship God and do not idolize anything go to heaven.1
Descriptions of the high heaven are allegorical because we cannot understand what awaits us, yet it is bliss beyond our dreams.1, 2
Once a person reaches the age of 41 he had better be worshiping God alone; God may take some before forty, placing them justly, such as in the lower heaven.1, 2, 3, 4
There are ranks even within the high heaven and the lower heaven, and the persecuted first generation who worshiped God alone will have the highest places.1, 2
Those who join God's message early, while it is persecuted, earn a higher rank than the many who come later once it is popular, even though both may reach heaven.1, 2, 3, 4
Anyone who worships God alone and leads a righteous life will make it to heaven, whether Jew, Christian, or Muslim; the criterion is worshiping God alone.1, 2, 3, 4
The Quran's descriptions of heaven are allegorical approximations, like describing a wedding night to a five year old as eating candy, because we cannot comprehend heaven.1, 2, 3, 4
In heaven, the people will thank God for guiding them, saying they could not have been guided without Him.1
Believers who worship God alone and uphold the Quran alone are good and go to Heaven, but they are not of the same rank as those who strive.1, 2, 3, 4
Those close to God receive happiness and gardens, those on the right receive peace, and the rejecting strayers receive retribution and burning Hell.1, 2, 3
Believers have joy in this world and the Hereafter, so we do not have to die before enjoying heaven; heaven and hell begin here.1, 2, 3
In 50 years millions will worship God alone and pray correctly, but because they will follow the crowd and be protected by numbers, they will not earn the same rank as those who bore the ridicule.1, 2, 3, 4
Muhammad and his early companions were severely persecuted for worshiping God alone amid idolatry, so they have a special place, the highest within the high heaven.1, 2, 3
The basic requirements for reaching the lower heaven are believing in God alone, working righteousness, and believing in the Hereafter.1, 2, 3
The descriptions of heaven and hell are allegorical, given in terms people can understand.1, 2
The people of hell will try to sneak into the lower heaven but will find it worse for them, because they cannot bear being close to God.1, 2, 3, 4
The present believers are the first generation of the renewed message, and they are the multitudes from the early generations who will be closest to God.1, 2, 3
Within both the high heaven and the lower heaven there are ranks.1, 2
It is a blessing when people understand and accept information God sends through the messenger, such as the proofs that everybody who dies up to age forty goes to heaven, because it saves wasted time.1, 2, 3
No one can enter Heaven with even one sin on his record at death, so our goal is to end this life without a single sin.1, 2, 3
The believers' heaven begins in this life, so a believing parent will have what he or she wants, since everything, even an opposing spouse, is in God's hands.1, 2, 3
The Quran says those who declare their Lord is God and lead a righteous life have no fear and deserve paradise forever as a reward for their works.1, 2
Everyone who claims belief is tested, as Sura 29:2 says, to prove whether they believe in God alone under all circumstances, and after passing the final test one is appointed king or queen.1, 2, 3, 4
Humans were sent to earth to be tested, and those who make it return to heaven.1
The righteous do not really die; martyrs include not only those who die in battle but all who die believing in God and His messengers, and Paradise awaits them.1, 2, 3, 4