Foreword

Foreword compulsion for them to adhere to divine principles, they will be successful in their test. They will be given rewards by God, such as no other creature can merit. They will be held to be those of God’s servants, who have earned nearness to God. And they will live a life of comfort and happiness eternally in Paradise. When man realizes that he is not free but has to act at God’s behest and be accountable to Him, he starts living a God-Oriented life. Death for such a person is not the end of his life, but the beginning of an eternal life, where he will stand before God, so that God may declare His final decision about his eternal future. This process of discovery continues until he realizes that the end of his life is going to culminate in the form of either eternal Paradise or eternal Hell. This quest makes him extremely serious about the course his life should take. Now he plans his life anew. Now he redefines everything. If at first all his activities were self-oriented, now they are God-oriented. It is this very lifestyle which is called Islam. Wahiduddin Khan March 16, 2021 New Delhi, India