How many Heavens are there?

Question

Hi, I am a very religious person and I am looking forward very much to going to heaven, where I will live for eternity. Having attended church since childhood, I have a good idea of what heaven will be like. However I am confused. There's only ONE God, we all acknowledge that. Yet the Mulsim heaven seems very different- replete with virgins, etc and so I am just wondering if God has prepared more than one heaven, like, segregated heavens? Or are they all arguing up there too? And is the Jewish heaven even more heavenly than everyone else's?

Answer 1

In the Bible it states after the sinners have been sent into a Lake of Fire God will connect Heaven and Earth..So it will all be one big thing..

There is ONE God and there will be ONE Heaven. I doubt alot of modern day Muslims are going to Heaven though, w/ all the strapping bombs to babys and blowing themselves up..But for those that arent like that i think they along w/ anyone else on Earth that has repented there sins and accepts God will go to this ONE Heaven and as its stated in the Bible, All of Gods Children will rise looking the same, By that im taking that we will all look the same, the ones that have died at 90 and the ones that had died at 20, So who hated who on Earth will have no matter in Heaven, because we will all be the same.

Answer 2

According to Judeo-Christianity there are at least 3 Heavens. The first is the athmosphere, the air we breathe. The second is the realm of the stars, Sun and planets. The third is where God resides, the Spiritual Realm. Paul gives an account of being "caught up" into the third Heaven.

Answer 3

The Glorious Qur'an says in Chapter 2 AlBaqara, Verse 29:

"He it is who has created for you all that is on earth, and has applied His design to the heavens and fashioned them into seven heavens; and He alone has full knowledge of everything".

Note from translator:
The term sama' ("heaven" or "sky") is applied to anything that is spread like a canopy above any other thing. Thus, the visible skies which stretch like a vault above the earth and form, as it were, its canopy, are called sama': and this is the primary meaning of this term in the Qur'an; in a wider sense, it has the connotation of "cosmic system". As regards the "seven heavens", it is to be borne in mind that in Arabic usage - and apparently in other Semitic languages as well - the number "seven" is often synonymous with "several", just as "seventy" or "seven hundred" often means "many" or "very many". This, taken together with the accepted linguistic definition that "every samu' is a sama' with regard to what is below it", may explain the "seven heavens" as denoting the multiplicity of cosmic systems.

Answer 4

I am a muslim girl and I believe(according to my religion) that there is only one heaven which will be the last and eternal place of good people who want the best for the others as they want it for themseles, who help others, who believe in God(there is only one God for all people:for muslims, chrisians, jewesh...) and love all his profets. According to my religion too, the Heaven has seven gates and a great number of rooms(the exact number is not mentioned in the Quoran ). There are seven levels in Heaen: the extremely good people like profets will be on the seventh sky and other people will be in the level they deserve according to what they have done in their lives .

Answer 5

there are many heavens,,,, In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the earth.... How many heavens, I'm not sure, but as long as i make it to heaven, it doesn't matter..... I know there are four gates leading into heaven. I believe there are different levels to heaven..... there are many different angels in heaven and keepers of different things.... they all have a part of heaven that was created just for them.... we are all different and we all have special need. so i believe there are many heavens but to answer your question? I'm sorry I do not know how many there are..... All I can say is SEVERAL more them we could imagine I AM WRONG GENESIS CHAPTER 1 VERSE 1 IN THE BEGINNIG GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH THERE IS ONLY 1 HEAVEN, BUT IT IS MIGHTY BIG....I AM SO SORRY ONLY 1 HEAVEN.......... 1 HEAVEN WITH LOTS OF ROOM

Answer 6

Offcource.There is seven heaven Please read the detail;

“And indeed We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in six Days and nothing of fatigue touched Us”[Qaaf 50:38]

This indicates that what the Jews, upon whom be the curses of Allaah, say is false, as they said that He got tired when He created the heavens and the earth in six days, so He rested on the Sabbath. Exalted be Allaah far above what they say.

More details are narrated in the Qur’aan. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Say (O Muhammad): ‘Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days? And you set up rivals (in worship) with Him? That is the Lord of the ‘Aalameen (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

He placed therein (i.e. the earth) firm mountains from above it, and He blessed it, and measured therein its sustenance (for its dwellers) in four Days equal (i.e. all these four ‘days’ were equal in the length of time) for all those who ask (about its creation).

Then He rose over (Istawa) towards the heaven when it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth: ‘Come both of you willingly or unwillingly.’ They both said: ‘We come willingly.’

Then He completed and finished from their creation (as) seven heavens in two Days and He made in each heaven its affair. And We adorned the nearest (lowest) heaven with lamps (stars) to be an adornment as well as to guard (from the devils by using them as missiles against the devils). Such is the Decree of Him, the All-Mighty, the All-Knower”[Fussilat 41:9-12]

And Allaah knows best.

Answer 7

So you religious types agree theres only one god but you need something to argue about even in death,are your heavens heavily armed so you can carry on your atrocities against each other,seems to me you lot must really want to goo to heaven because thats where you keep sending each other with your mindless wars

Answer 8

The usual answer is seven, as stated above it is muslim, but also became part of christian dogma with the integration of angels around 300-500AD. The current christian idea is there are 7 levels of heaven, one for each choir/rank of angels.

The only way you'll find out what it's like is to see it for yourself, but by then it might be too late to change your mind.

Answer 9

There are 7 heavens according to the Islamic scripture

Answer 10

there's only 1 heaven ever created. whom only god created.
alot of other religions have different views of heaven. some are just man made & views of heaven are made up.
god hasn't prepared any other heaven then the kingdom of heaven where he's at.
The jewish heaven's not heavenly, because under my impression, their heaven doesn't even exist.