Start Date: 03 February 2012
End Date: 03 February 2012
Time: 1:15pm
Place: United Muslim Islamic Center 1251 Point Breeze Ave. Philadelphia, PA
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
“The Eight Gates of Paradise…Which one will you Enter?”
All praise is for Allah, The Subtle (i.e. Al Lateef), The All Aware (i.e. Al Khabeer). May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon His final Messenger, Muhammad Ibn Abdullah, and upon his family and companions.
To proceed,
Entering Paradise (i.e. Jannah) and escaping the Hell-Fire should be the primary goal of every Muslim. And although we get diverted and preoccupied with the deception(s) of Shaytan (i.e. Iblees) every so often, we have to constantly revisit the fact that Paradise was the sole reason that many of us embraced Islam initially. It is the motivating factor behind our spiritual endurance and perseverance with the trials and tribulations that confront us in this life. The same trials and tribulations that seem to completely conquer those of weak faith and those who believe that the bliss of paradise –which no eye has seen, and no ear has heard and no mind can conceive- is not even worth the pressure and difficulties associated with the territory of this life.
Entering Paradise (i.e. Jannah) and escaping the Hell-Fire should be the primary goal of every Muslim. And although we get diverted and preoccupied with the deception(s) of Shaytan (i.e. Iblees) every so often, we have to constantly revisit the fact that Paradise was the sole reason that many of us embraced Islam initially. It is the motivating factor behind our spiritual endurance and perseverance with the trials and tribulations that confront us in this life. The same trials and tribulations that seem to completely conquer those of weak faith and those who believe that the bliss of paradise –which no eye has seen, and no ear has heard and no mind can conceive- is not even worth the pressure and difficulties associated with the territory of this life.
has eight gates, and each gate represents a specific deed and degree of due diligence exerted by the servant to attain it. We have to find our niche in the religion and decide through which gate of paradise we will enter before…
