Is not eternal life in Paradise a contradiction to the fact that only Allah is Eternal?
The inhabitants of Paradise and Hell will abide therein forever. This is a consensus among the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah (Sunni Muslims). The saying that there is no eternity except for Allah is false and has no basis in religion. The predecessors of the Ummah and its imams agreed that Paradise, Hell, the Throne, and other creations will not perish. The eternity of creation in the Hereafter is a gift and a bestowal from Allah, differing from the eternity of Allah, glorified be He, who is the First without beginning and the Last without end, and is characterized by a finality in which none shares with Him.
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