I wrote a story on "Paradise" earlier but I forgot to mention the size of this final dwelling place of righteous people.
The Quran, in the Chapter Al-Hadid Verse 21, gives us a glimpse of the immensity of paradise.
"HENCE vie with one another in seeking to attain your Sustainer's (God's) paradise as vast as the heaven and earth which has been readied for those who have attained to faith in God and His Apostle"
That's vast indeed especially when we think that there are probably no uninhabitable places like deserts or ice covered regions in paradise. That's comforting! It appears there are rooms for many more! What bothers me, however, is the word "Apostle" in the verse. It's in the singular. Such being the case, the word refers to Muhammad only to the exclusion of followers of Moses and Jesus.
The Quran, in the Chapter Al-Hadid Verse 21, gives us a glimpse of the immensity of paradise.
"HENCE vie with one another in seeking to attain your Sustainer's (God's) paradise as vast as the heaven and earth which has been readied for those who have attained to faith in God and His Apostle"
That's vast indeed especially when we think that there are probably no uninhabitable places like deserts or ice covered regions in paradise. That's comforting! It appears there are rooms for many more! What bothers me, however, is the word "Apostle" in the verse. It's in the singular. Such being the case, the word refers to Muhammad only to the exclusion of followers of Moses and Jesus.
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