The High Heaven is reserved for those who believed, led a righteous life, and developed their souls sufficiently.1
Those who developed their souls to a lesser degree, and those who die before age forty, go to the Lower Heaven, as close to God as their growth permits.1
Those who nourished their souls by worshiping God alone, believing in the Hereafter, and living righteously are strong enough to stay close to God and occupy the High Heaven.1
When God arrives, all humans and jinns are automatically stratified according to their degree of growth and development.1
Reciting The Key during the contact prayers establishes contact with our Creator, resulting in perfect happiness now and forever and nourishing our souls for the day we meet God.1, 2
The five daily contact prayers are the main meals for the soul; a righteous life without them gives some growth but is like living on snacks.1
The religious duties God instituted are a great gift from Him and are the nourishment our souls need to grow and develop.1
Without nourishing our souls through the religious duties, we cannot survive the immense energy of God's physical presence on the Day of Judgment.1, 2
To keep this commandment, believers must establish habits that guarantee God occupies their minds more than anything else, and the Quran helps establish such habits.1
A person who dies before 40 goes to the High Heaven if he or she believed in God and nourished and developed the soul, and to the Lower Heaven otherwise.1
Happiness belongs exclusively to the soul and depends totally on the soul's growth, so material success often belongs to an unhappy person.1, 2
Pharaoh truly believed when drowning, but it was too late because he had no time to develop his soul.1, 2, 3, 4
The soul is an eternal entity, yet God is just and asks far less work for it than we do for the body, since it does not take much to develop.1, 2, 3
A righteous believer sees no distinction among people of any race and sees everyone the same.1
A believer must realize that any human being can be equal to or better than Muhammad, Jesus, or Moses.1, 2, 3, 4
Believers do not long for death, because the longer they worship God the more their souls develop, and one must be very arrogant to long for death.1, 2, 3
Since God's retribution is not to be taken for granted, believers judge themselves strictly by these criteria and are not lax.1, 2, 3
Our job in this world is to redeem ourselves, and our rank on returning depends on how much we develop our souls.1, 2, 3
The fortunate ones learn from their God given lessons, catch their rebellious nature, and correct it to be redeemed back to God's kingdom.1, 2, 3
In the Hereafter we will see how much our souls really developed, so no one needs to be asked about sins.1, 2, 3
The five daily prayers are the minimum food for the soul, and a soul that is not fed becomes undeveloped like a starved body.1, 2, 3
Having the final scripture gives the advantage of knowing exactly what to do to develop one's soul, while Christians and Jews who submit are guided but less efficient.1, 2, 3
If God gave everyone abundant material goods, people would forget and just enjoy material things instead of developing their souls.1
Believers may go through a severe purification process but emerge like a gem, while disbelievers always have a bad end, with their final years the most miserable.1, 2, 3, 4
Everyone will be resurrected and held accountable, and God made the system automatic: choices like rising for the dawn prayer grow the soul, which lives on after the body turns to dust.1, 2, 3, 4
God corrects a believer with kind, restorable pinches, such as for missing the morning prayer, and this immediate correlation helps him attain certainty that God watches him.1, 2, 3, 4
God is in no need of us; His commandments such as prayer, fasting, and charity are given to develop our souls for our own benefit.1, 2, 3, 4
On the Day of Judgment no one needs to be asked about their sins, because the difference between the developed and undeveloped souls will be obvious and enormous.1, 2, 3
Those who developed their souls will be able to stand and enjoy God's presence, while those who failed will have to run away from Him.1, 2, 3
Everyone will be called to account, and most people will be asked why they fed their bodies but failed to develop their souls.1, 2, 3
Getting up for the morning prayer before sunrise is hard at first because the soul is weak, but it is a gift from God that grows and strengthens the soul.1, 2, 3
God recommends choosing the difficult path to train the body, and once the initial barrier is broken it becomes easy and enjoyable, as God makes things easy for those who observe His commandments.1, 2, 3
Redeem your soul by feeding it daily through the five prayers, charity, righteousness, and never lying or cheating, being an exemplary person of moral behavior.1, 2, 3
Standing still in prayer before God is discipline and a tremendous blessing, and it is what God means by choosing the difficult path.1, 2, 3
The lazy person who does not get up before sunrise ends up with a shrunken soul that will not amount to anything in eternity.1, 2
Young people should not be alarmed; it is normal to start with one prayer a day and build up, though the ideal is all five prayers with the morning prayer before sunrise.1, 2, 3
A person, especially a young person, may start the prayers gradually, such as with the morning prayer only, as long as he keeps moving forward and does not ignore the commandment.1, 2, 3
God wants the strong and disciplined in His kingdom, not the lazy.1
Believers must be different from everyone else by acquiring full awareness of God's greatness and keeping that awareness constantly wherever they go.1, 2
God cleanses a believer of one defect at a time until the end result is a person following God's commandments perfectly.1, 2, 3
Do not be discouraged if you pray only one prayer a day; keep progressing toward five prayers and never regress.1, 2, 3