Why This Contradiction?
English book, p. 60
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
this condition. This general condition of dissatisfaction and frustration should remind us that our destination is somewhere else, that our desirable world is not the present world where we spend the pre-death period of life. This desirable or ideal world is somewhere else— in the Hereafter—and so, we should be motivated to make efforts to obtain it in the post-death period of life. To make people aware of this creation plan, the Creator made this present world so that no one could acquire a life of complete comfort here. There are many problems—sickness, accidents, boredom, suffering, loss, etc. And then, after a short time, one dies. In this way, the unfavourable conditions of the world repeatedly remind man that he cannot make his desired or ideal world here. This world is insufficient to satisfy all his desires. This unfavourable situation continuously compels man to search for the truth. In the same way, in this present world, many people undergo suffering, which serves as a warning lesson for others. For instance, a person becomes paralysed

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