A paradisiacal person is one fit to inhabit Paradise. He is a person who is such an ardent seeker of Paradise that he begins to feel as if he is living in Paradise while remaining physically in this world. 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, their intellectual plane reaches such heights that everything becomes immaterial. They do not find any fulfillment in the material things of the world. 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.”

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.” The Quran says:

“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.” (89: 27-30)

Such are the souls who have discovered God, and whose greatest concern is the Almighty. They worship only one God and devote their lives to improving their intellectual and spiritual abilities to a high degree. Their activities are Hereafter-oriented rather than world-oriented. They succeed in steering clear of all negative feelings such as hatred, jealousy, prejudice, and selfishness, and raise themselves to the highest moral level. They follow the way of forgiveness and fix their gaze on the Hereafter in all situations. They have adopted the path of honesty; and have on their own imposed the divine discipline upon their words and deeds. They reserve their feelings of love and fear exclusively for God. Their life and death is for truth. They do not live their lives for anything less than the higher cause.

Source: Spirit of Islam April 2017

A soul at peace or a complete person is someone in whom human attributes are found in abundance. He embodies these attributes to the fullest. According to the Quran, a person who is emotionally balanced and free from psychological complexes, and whose conscience prevails over his ego in all situations, is an emblem of a soul at peace. (89:27)

Such a person goes beyond the materialistic world and lives in the higher realms of life. Rising above the superficial. He engages himself in matters of deeper significance. He reaches the stage of perception described in a Hadith as the ability to “see things as they are” rather than as they appear to be. He willingly concedes a reasoned argument. He judges matters objectively with no subjective bias. Despite having great capabilities, he develops modesty in himself. He is totally free from negative emotions. He relates to people evenly, be they ‘friends’ or ‘strangers’. He is completely above personal interests. He lives by the higher principles of life.

All human beings were created as potentially complete persons. To turn this potential ‘completeness’ into a character reality is left to each person. A verse in the Quran speaks of this reality: “We have indeed created man in the best of mould, then We cast him down as the lowest of the low” (95:4-5). According to this verse, man is born with great potential referred to as the 'best of mould' but becomes a case of the 'lowest of the low' in this imperfect world. Only his own conscious effort can make him realize his potential to become a complete person worthy of inhabiting Paradise.

The secret of becoming a complete person lies in inculcating a sense of deep God-consciousness. It is the fear of God that makes one a complete person. There is no other way.

Source: Spirit of Islam October 2018

According to Islam, the ultimate state of spiritual upliftment is referred to in the Quran as the 'soul at peace' in these words:

“[But to the righteous, God will say], ‘O soul at peace, return to your Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing. Join My servants. Enter My Paradise.’” (89:27-30)

One who wants to be held deserving of Paradise in the Hereafter must prove that he is a complex-free soul (an-nafs-e-mutmainna). A complex-free soul is one who accepts the creation plan of God, who can give a positive response in any situation, good or bad, who develops no negative feelings in any adverse situation, and who never becomes proud or arrogant in a favourable situation. He is one who can face either situation with a balanced attitude. He is the one who stands up to the test by not allowing situations to negatively affect him but responds to them positively.

Our world is a world of differences, unwanted situations, and provocations, therefore, at all times we have to face predicaments that are not to our liking. This diversity of situations is a part of nature. Since no one can remedy this, one cannot have a world free of all these aspects. We have no option but to accept the world as it is. To pass the test of life, man is required to face all these odds with a tranquil mind. He is required to take them as a challenge and to do so in a positive way. Man is required to give a positive response even in negative situations. Those who prove themselves capable of doing this are complex-free souls. A complex-free soul does not mean a soul without complexes. A complex-free soul is one who is able to deal with all kinds of adversity. A complex-free soul exhibits the capacity to manage things rather than the capacity to eliminate them.

A complex-free soul is one who accepts God’s scheme: in return, God will accept him and reward him with eternal Paradise.

Source: Quranic Wisdom