Surah 31

Surah 31:28

"Your creation and your raising up are only as (that of) a single person. God is hearing, seeing."
Entity Entering Paradise

Supporting Verses

Surah 89:27 → "‘You, secure one!"
Surah 89:28 → "Return to your Lord, approving (and) approved!"
Surah 89:29 → "Enter among My servants!"
Surah 89:30 → "Enter My Garden!’"

Opposing Verses

Surah 13:5 → "If you are amazed, their saying is amazing: ‘When we have turned to dust, shall we indeed (return) in a new creation?’ Those are the ones who have disbelieved in their Lord, and those – the chains will be on their necks – those are the companions of the Fire. There they will remain."
Surah 17:98 → "That is their payment because they disbelieved in Our signs, and said, ‘When we have become bones and fragments, shall we indeed be raised up as a new creation?’"
Surah 17:99 → "Do they not see that God, who created the heavens and the earth, is able to create their equivalent? He has appointed a time for them – (there is) no doubt about it – yet the evildoers refuse (everything) but disbelief."
Surah 20:55 → "We created you from it, and into it We shall return you, and from it We shall bring you forth another time.’"
Surah 34:7 → "Those who disbelieve say, ‘Shall we direct you to a man who will inform you (that) when you have been completely torn to pieces, you will indeed (return) in a new creation?"
Surah 75:3 → "Does the human think that We shall not gather his bones?"
Surah 75:4 → "Yes indeed! We are (even) able to fashion his fingers (again)."
Does the Quran state that the physical body enters Paradise or that the soul enters Paradise? Some verses describe the physical resurrection of bones and new creation, while others specifically invite the soul to enter Heaven.