Paradise Is More Beautiful (Arabic Edition)

The story — which is essentially an educational media project to shape the image of Paradise in the minds of the world's children through a variety of means — begins with a family trip (the family members are the story's heroes) to a City of Wonders, which helps prepare children's minds for the description of Paradise that follows. It does this by presenting information and descriptions of parts of this city that go beyond what children can imagine, yet are still made by human beings, leaving them with the impression: "So what must the creation of the Lord of the Worlds be like?" The story, written in an innovative creative style in 2007, reviewed from religious, educational, psychological and creative perspectives in 2008, and translated that same year into 15 languages by the Committee for Introducing Islam, offers a smooth, simple description of Paradise through the father's and mother's answers to the questions of Ahmad, Maryam and Shaimaa, after the father points out that this wondrous city with its eight gates reminds him of Paradise. In addition to describing Paradise, this creative work — contracted in 2008 for translation into 20 African languages with Direct Aid through the late Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sumait, and printed the same year in Braille for the blind by the Zayed Humanitarian Foundation in the United Arab Emirates — presents a set of religious lessons for children that are simple in style yet great in meaning and impact. One of the most important goals of the project, which is managed by Zukhruf Advertising and Media, is that by the end of the story children will have formed a comprehensive idea of Paradise and its description, and feel optimistic about entering it through obedience to God and His Messenger (peace be upon him) and following his Sunnah. It should be noted that the author and those behind the project aspire for "Paradise Is More Beautiful" to become an international film, and for a "Paradise Is More Beautiful" garden to become a real-world international city. The story concludes with a list of the references and religious texts that were drawn upon, including about 7 hadiths of the Prophet. The book also contains, at the end, a sticker section featuring the story's characters and some of the places mentioned in it. http://www.alanba.com.kw/weekly/literature-and-culture/603683/22-11-2015

• Original Arabic title: الجنة أجمل
• Language: Arabic