| Lyna Mohamad |

ALLAH the Almighty has promised his servants, whoever seeks the pleasure of Allah the Almighty by fulfilling His commands and leaving all that He prohibits, will later gain the joy of the hereafter in eternal heaven.

Heaven is a place of good reward that Allah the Almighty has prepared for his servants who are pious and God-fearing by engaging in good deeds and abandoning what is despicable and wrong.

This was pointed out by Imams in the Friday sermon yesterday. The sermon stressed on the pleasures of heaven and elaborated on the meaning of heaven, which is filled with various delights never seen by the eye.

“It is never heard by the ear and never crossed the heart and never imagined by the sense of mind where the inhabitants of heaven always remain in their youth, are not overtaken with illness and never face death.”

Heaven has palaces, castles, flowing rivers, jewellery, gardens, angels and other delights that never crossed the heart.

Heaven also has its own level. Each floor varies according to the respective religious practices while in the world where among the names of levels mentioned in Al-Quran are Jannatul Firdaus, Jannatul Na’iim, Jannatu Ma’waa, Jannatu ‘Adn, Jannatu Khuld, Jannatu Darussalam and Jannatu Darul Jalal with Jannatul Firdaus the highest rank of paradise.

Surah Al-Mu’minun verses 1 through 11 of the holy Quran stated that there are seven ways for people to live in paradise – those who are devout in their prayers, those who protect themselves from engaging in worthless acts, those who pay Zakat, those who look after their dignity and avoid adultery.

“Life is just temporary, one that begins will surely end and every life will feel death. The question lies in death, are our religious practices sufficient to be eligible for entry to heaven?”