The Teachings of the Prophet

world is visible to us now We know only the world which is visible to us, yet the reality of a thing is not just what it appears to be. Sunlight appears to be of a bright yellow colour. But, in fact, it is a combination of seven bright colours. In exactly the same way, there is another life hidden in our present life. We will see this life only after death. The life hereafter is not a purely metaphysical concept: it is profoundly related to our lives. History tells us that when man becomes free from the fear of God, there is nothing to check him from oppressing and exploiting others. Those who have tried reform by means of law and politics have only re-introduced exploitation in a new form. There has been no change in the real situation. Real reform is possible only when man has an inner urge to opt for the right path and shun the wrong one. The only thing that can produce this inner feeling is the fear that he is accountable to God in the next life. We are compelled to take the support of the Hereafter to make man just and honest. There is no other way to achieve this objective. There are certain people who hold that the concept of the life hereafter is an imaginary one. And if the argument they use to prove their contention is taken to be valid, then the entire universe shall have to be