Darajat (degrees of Paradise)

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Darajat (degrees of Paradise) refers to the various spiritual ranks or levels in Islamic belief that distinguish the rewards and closeness to God granted to the inhabitants of Jannah.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theological concept ⓘ
concept in Islamic belief about the afterlife ⓘ
eschatological concept in Islam ⓘ
associatedWithQuranicTerm جنات ⓘ
درجات ⓘ
basedOn faith (iman) ⓘ
obedience to Allah and His Messenger ⓘ
righteous deeds (a'mal salihah) ⓘ
sincerity (ikhlas) ⓘ
contrastedWith Darakat (degrees of Hell) ⓘ
describes degrees of closeness to Allah in Paradise ⓘ
levels of reward in Jannah ⓘ
spiritual ranks in Paradise ⓘ
emphasizedBy Hadith commentators ⓘ
Sufi scholars ⓘ
classical Sunni theologians ⓘ
hasDoctrinalRole explains variation in reward among believers ⓘ
expresses divine justice and mercy ⓘ
motivates striving for higher spiritual rank ⓘ
hasEschatologicalConsequence determines degree of bliss experienced in Jannah ⓘ
determines degree of vision and nearness to Allah ⓘ
hasEthicalFunction discourages sin by highlighting loss of higher ranks ⓘ
encourages increased worship and good deeds ⓘ
hasHighestRankAssociatedWith Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
hasHighRankAssociatedWith martyrs (shuhada) ⓘ
prophets ⓘ
righteous (salihun) ⓘ
truthful ones (siddiqun) ⓘ
hasLiteralMeaning degrees of Paradise ⓘ
hasNameInArabic درجات الجنة ⓘ
implies believers differ in nearness to Allah in the Hereafter ⓘ
not all inhabitants of Jannah have the same status ⓘ
includes levels such as al-Firdaws al-A'la (the highest Firdaws) ⓘ
isPartOf Islamic eschatology ⓘ
doctrine of Jannah in Islam ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Arabic ⓘ
linkedTo concept of darakat (levels of Hell) ⓘ
concept of maqamat (spiritual stations) ⓘ
mentionedIn Hadith literature ⓘ
Qur'an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
relatesTo Akhirah (Hereafter) ⓘ
linked to: Akhirah

Jannah ⓘ
linked to: Jannah (Paradise)

reward in the afterlife ⓘ
understoodThrough Hadith exegesis (sharh al-hadith) ⓘ
Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir) ⓘ
usedIn Shi'a theology ⓘ
Sufi discourse on the Hereafter ⓘ
Sunni theology ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jannah → hasLevel → Darajat (degrees of Paradise) ⓘ
subject linked to: Jannah (Paradise)
Darajat (degrees of Paradise) → includes → levels such as al-Firdaws al-A'la (the highest Firdaws) ⓘ
linked to: Darajat (degrees of Paradise)