paradise
Sign in to savethumb|The Last Judgment (detail), c.1431, by Fra Angelico depicting people in paradise In religion and folklore, paradise is a place of everlasting happiness, delight, and bliss. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical, eschatological, or both, often contrasted with the miseries of human civilization: in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness. Paradise is a place of contentment, a land of luxury and fulfillment containing ever-lasting bliss and delight. Paradise is often described as a "higher place", the holiest place, in contrast t
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In religion and folklore, paradise is an idealized place of eternal happiness, peace, and bliss, often imagined with beautiful natural imagery and freedom from human suffering. The concept matters because it reflects how different cultures and religions envision ultimate fulfillment and the reward for a virtuous life, serving as a powerful aspirational ideal that influences moral and spiritual beliefs.
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18 sectionsContents
- Etymology and concept history
- Biblical
- Hebrew Bible
- New Testament
- Judaism
- Rabbinic Judaism
- Christianity
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Mormonism
- Islam
- References to Paradise (Jannah) in the Qur'an as reflected in Islamic art
- Water features in Islamic gardens
- Tomb Gardens as representing Paradise
- Mosaic representations of paradise within Islamic Architecture
- Gnosticism
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|The Last Judgment (detail), c.1431, by Fra Angelico depicting people in paradise In religion and folklore, paradise is a place of everlasting happiness, delight, and bliss. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical, eschatological, or both, often contrasted with the miseries of human civilization: in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness. Paradise is a place of contentment, a land of luxury and fulfillment containing ever-lasting bliss and delight. Paradise is often described as a "higher place", the holiest place, in contrast to this world, or underworlds such as hell.
The use of the word 'paradise' to describe such a place originates from the Vulgate's use of the Latin word paradisus in its translation of Genesis 2:8: "And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure" (Latin: "plantaverat autem Dominus Deus paradisum voluptatis"), this word in turn being borrowed from the Septuagint's use of the Greek word (paradeisos) meaning 'garden' or 'orchard'. Although Jerome translated from the original Hebrew, he borrowed the Greek translation's terminology, paradeisos, and added the "pleasure" qualification (voluptatis) by making explicit the word play in the original Hebrew verse: the garden is located in a place with the name Eden (), from a root meaning 'pleasure' (as in (adin) 'voluptuous').