Divine grace

===Islam===
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[[Salafism|Salafi scholar]] [[Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar]], dean of the Faculty of Islamic Law at [[Zarqa Private University]] in [[Zarqa]], [[Jordan]], wrote that "Paradise is something of immense value; a person cannot earn it by virtue of his deeds alone, but by the Grace and Mercy of Allah."<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.call-to-monotheism.com/answering_common_questions_on_salvation_that_christians_pose_to_muslims|title=Answering Common Questions on Salvation That Christians Pose to Muslims|author=Bassam Zawadi|author2=Mansur Ahmed|access-date=2011-01-01}}</ref> This stance is supported by [[hadith]]: according to Abu Huraira, Muhammad once said that "None amongst you can get into Paradise by virtue of his deeds alone ... not even I, but that Allah should wrap me in his grace and mercy."<ref>{{citation|title=Sahih Muslim, Book 39|chapter=Chapter 15: None Would Attain Salvation Because of his Deeds but it is Through Lord's Mercy, Number 6764|publisher=University of Southern California center for Jewish-Muslim engagement|chapter-url=http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts/muslim/hadith/muslim/039.smt.html|access-date=2011-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102202428/http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts/muslim/hadith/muslim/039.smt.html|archive-date=2011-01-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Quran]] says "God is the Possessor of Infinite Grace" <ref>Quran 62:4</ref> and "He bestows this grace upon whomsoever He wills (or desires)."<ref>Source: Quran 57:29</ref> Grace is something attainable by those here on earth from God who meet certain Quranic criteria. For example, they "believe in God and His messengers", and they "race toward forgiveness from their Lord and a Paradise whose width encompasses the heavens and the earth."<ref>see Quran 57:21</ref>