They are the souls who have discovered God, and made the Almighty their greatest concern. They reserve their feelings of love and fear exclusively for God. They worship the only One God, and devote their lives to improving their intellectual and spiritual abilities to a high degree. They have shunned the life of falsehood and adhered steadfastly to the way of truth, staying away from hypocrisy and remaining resolutely on the path of sincerity. They have adopted the path of honesty throughout their lives; and have, of their own, imposed the divine discipline upon their thoughts, words and deeds.

Their life and death is for truth. They do not live their lives for anything less than the higher cause. Their activities are ‘hereafter-oriented’ rather than ‘this world-oriented’. They succeed in steering clear of all negative feelings such as hatred, jealousy, prejudice, selfishness and other such shallow thinking, and raise themselves to the highest moral level. They associate themselves with people for the sake of truth and distance themselves likewise for the sake of truth. They give and take for God alone. Their lips open for the truth alone. They follow the way of forgiveness and not of revenge in this world and do not embroil themselves in the attractions of the world, but fix their gaze on the Hereafter in all situations.

Those who discover the Higher Being, that is God, and who are able to turn their natural potential to good account; who are able to awaken their spirituality to such a high degree that they can receive the realization of the Hereafter in the present world itself. While living in this world, they become inhabitants of the world of paradise on the conscious plane. They are physically in this world, but psychologically they are in the world of the Hereafter. If he has found paradise in terms of such a feeling, in the next world he will physically become a resident of paradise.

When this paradisiacal personality develops in human beings, the present world is rendered meaningless in their eyes. Their intellectual plane reaches to such heights that everything becomes immaterial. They do not find any fulfillment in the material things of the world. The world of paradise is so perfect that the riches of this world are nothing in comparison to it. Owing to their heightened consciousness, they realize that the present world is not the place that they have been created for. Their hearts cry out to God:

“O God! Bestow on us, the Paradise of the Hereafter. Give us a place in the world of Your neighbourhood.”

In the world of the Hereafter, all evil people will be separated from the good. Only good people will be given a place in the dwellings of paradise. Besides this, all such worldly events such as death, disease, and accidents, and mental states such as tension and boredom will be eradicated forever. In that world, all the sources of comfort and pleasure will be gathered in their ultimate form. How thrilling it would be to live in that world!

God’s angels will welcome those men and women, who reach the Hereafter with all the above qualities. The angels will come forward and say:

“Congratulations, O Blessed Souls! Enter God’s heaven by Divine decree. Here, there is no death and no parting from this joyous world. The eternal life has been given to you for all eternity.”

They will be told:

“O Soul at peace! Come to your Lord well pleased, and He will also be well pleased with you. So enter among My chosen servants. And enter My Garden.”

So every man and woman should devote himself or herself to preparing for this world of tomorrow and strive to make paradise his or her destination.