25, assert that after a period of punishment every believer,...

25, assert that after a period of punishment every believer, provided he has not committed a grave sin, will be admitted to Paradise, ibid., 268. Cf. also Wensinck, Handbook, 180, s.v. Paradise; and Dianna, EI, I. 1014. It is not correct, according to the late Prof. A. A. Bevan, to think that Paradise was a purely sensual concept, Nicholson, Lit. History of the Arabs, 168 citing "The Beliefs of early Mohammedans respecting a Future Existence" (Journal of Theological Studies, Oct.

1904, p.20 sqq.). BHA, nos. 226 -236; FC, 7, 15, and arts. 81 - 85; KP, 71, 96, graphically described 105 sqq. It is a common belief that Hasan b. Sabbih made an earthly Paradise for Assassins; W. Ivanow however explains this as a misunderstanding of the declaration of qiyamatu'l-qiyama by al-Qihir bi-ahkimi'l-lih Hasan in Alamut on 17 Ram. 559 = 8 Aug. 1164 (El, Sup., S.V. Ismi`iliya, p.