Some Benefits of Islam

2012-03-22, 1:46 pm

[size=16]Islam
provides many benefits for the individual and the society. This chapter
mentions some of the benefits gained through Islam for the individual.

(1) The Door to Eternal Paradise

God has said in the Quran:

وَبَشِّرِ الَّذِين آمَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ
الصَّالِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الأَنْهَارُ
كُلَّمَا رُزِقُواْ مِنْهَا مِن ثَمَرَةٍ رِّزْقاً قَالُواْ هَـذَا الَّذِي
رُزِقْنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَأُتُواْ بِهِ مُتَشَابِهاً وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا
أَزْوَاجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ[size=21](25)

And give good news (O Muhammad) to those who believe and do good deeds,
that they will have gardens (Paradise) in which rivers flow.... (Quran, 2:25)

God has also said:
سَابِقُوا إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ
عَرْضُهَا كَعَرْضِ السَّمَاء وَالْأَرْضِ أُعِدَّتْ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ ذَلِكَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَاءُ
وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ(21

Race one with another for forgiveness from your Lord and for Paradise,
whose width is as the width of the heavens and the earth, which has been
prepared for those who believe in God and His messengers.... (Quran, 57:21)

The Prophet Muhammad
told us that the lowest in rank among the dwellers of Paradise will
have ten times the like of this world, and he or she will have whatever
he or she desires and ten times like it. Also, the Prophet Muhammad said: {A space in Paradise *****alent to the size of a foot would be better than the world and what is in it.}He also said: {In Paradise there are things which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human mind has thought of.} He also said: {The
most miserable man in the world of those meant for Paradise will be
dipped once in Paradise. Then he will be asked, “Son of Adam, did you
ever face any misery? Did you ever experience any hardship?” So he will
say, “No, by God, O Lord! I never faced any misery, and I never
experienced any hardship.”}

If you enter Paradise, you will live a very happy life
without sickness, pain, sadness, or death; God will be pleased with you;
and you will live there forever. God has said in the Quran:

وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ
وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّالِحَاتِ سَنُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا
الأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَداً لَّهُمْ فِيهَا أَزْوَاجٌ
مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَنُدْخِلُهُمْ ظِـلاًّ ظَلِيلاً(57)

But those who believe and do good deeds, We will admit them to gardens
(Paradise) in which rivers flow, lasting in them forever.... (Quran, 4:57[/size][/size]