What is meant by "then to Him you will be returned" in verse 27 of Surah Al-Baqarah, and does that mean returning to the essence of Allah, the Most High, just as He breathed into us before? And is the ultimate fate of the human soul after entering Paradise eternal life or death?
The interpretation of the Almighty's saying: (then to Him you will be returned) means returning to recompense on the Day of Resurrection, or to the place where Allah takes charge of judgment, or to resurrection after this worldly life.
As for the end of the human soul after entering Paradise, it is eternal life without death, and likewise for the people of Hellfire. The proof for this is the Almighty's saying: (They will not taste therein death, except the first death) and the : "Death will be brought forth in the form of a white ram, and it will be made to stand between Paradise and Hellfire. Then it will be slaughtered. Then it will be said: O people of Paradise, immortality without death! And O people of Hellfire, immortality without death!"
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