Blessings of Paradise beyond Human Understanding, Imagination
That is why we can only have an idea of those blessings through a comparison with the blessings and pleasures of this world.
For us, people who are in this limited world, understanding the dimensions of the blessings in paradise is very difficult, even impossible. The difference between the two is like the difference between drop of water and a river.
The Holy Quran says in Verse 35 of Surah Qaaf: “There (in paradise) they have all that they desire, and with Us is much more.”
The everlasting paradise promised by God to the people of faith and Taqwa (piety and God-fearing) is good news about the Ghayb (unseen) and one can never comprehend its value and essence in this world. It is impossible to realize the extent of joy and happiness that one will get from being in the Ghurb (closeness to God).
That is why people are only told that the divine promise about giving those rewards is certain:
“They will be admitted to the Gardens of Eden (paradise) which is the unseen promise of the Beneficent God to His servants. The promise of God will certainly come true.” (Verse 61 of Surah Maryam)
That paradise is referred to as gardens (in the plural form) in this verse shows that it consists of countless gardens full of blessings for pious believers. The word Eden implies the everlastingness of paradise as it is not like the gardens and blessings of this world that come to an end one day.
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One of the greatest worries and anxieties about the blessings of this world is the fact that they will eventually wear off, but there is no such worry about the blessings of paradise.
The word ‘servants’ in this verse refers to believing servants of God not all of them and the word unseen refers to the fact that they believe in what they cannot see. Another point here is that the blessing of paradise are such that no eyes have seen them and no ears have heard about what they truly are. They are beyond our imagination and our understanding.
