ISLAMIC ARTICLE :- ~ The Way to Paradise is Very Hard

4.36 out of 5 Most Popular Paradise is very high, and ascending
tolofty places takes a great deal of effort. The way to Paradise is
filled with things that go against human wishes and inclinations. This
needs strong determination and willpower. In a hadith narrated by
Bukhari and Muslim from Abu Hurayrah,the Messenger of Allah,
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said: "Hell has been veiled with desires,
and Paradise has been veiled with hardships." The version recorded by
Muslim says"surrounded" instead of"veiled." [Jami al-Usul, 10/521, no.
8069] An-Nisa'i, Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud report from Abu Hurayrah that
the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam said: "When Allah
created Paradise, He told Jibril, 'Go and look at it.' So he went and
looked at it, then he came back and said: 'By Your Glory, no one will
hear of it but he will enter it." So He surrounded it with hardships
and siad, 'Go and look at it.' So he went and looked at it, thencame
back and said: 'By Your Glory, I fear that noone will enter it." [Jami
al-usul, 10/520, no. 8068. Tirmidhi said: It is a gharib sahih hasan
hadith] An-Nawawi commented onthe first hadith: "This is an example of
the beautiful, eloquent and concise speech of which the Prophet,
sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, was capable, in which he gives a
beautiful analogy. It means that nothing will help you to reach
Paradise except going through hardships, and nothing will lead you to
Hell but whims...