ABSTRACT
This chapter proposes an initial survey of the dream materials concerning the approach towards God within the context of paradise and hell as well as confronts the direct and categorical vision of God, and attempt to place these problematic dreams within the context of mainstream Muslim teachings. Among these actions is the process of seeing paradise or even seeing God. It summarizes all the dreams of God that one finds in the literature. Seeing God, seeing the Resurrection of the Dead, experiencing the pleasures of heaven or the torments of hell are all methods by which prophecy can be verified, continued, and even extended to the broader mass of Muslims well beyond the time of the Prophet Muhammad. It was very strongly in their interest to make sure that uncontrolled visions of God, heaven, or hell did not proliferate among the Muslims; as such visions would have undercut the value of the knowledge upon which the scholars based their status.
