Heaven, the
heavens or
seven heavens, is a common
religious, cosmological, or
transcendent place where heavenly beings such as
gods,
angels,
jinn,
saints, or
venerated ancestors are said to originate, be
enthroned, or to live. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to earth or
incarnate, and earthly beings can ascend to Heaven in the
afterlife, or in exceptional cases
enter Heaven alive.