Two Worlds
English book, p. 42
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
TWO WORLDS Man’s greatest omission is to remain engrossed with the ephemeral world. But the day he leaves for the next world, and his veil is removed, he will regret his negligence. Sir Arthur Eddington, a well-known scientist, writes in his book, The Nature of the Physical World: “I have drawn up my chairs to my two tables. There are duplicates of every object. One of these tables is comparatively permanent. It is substantial. Table no 2 is my scientific table. My scientific table is mostly empty. Sparsely scattered in that emptiness are numerous electric charges rushing about with great speed.” This description could be applied equally to the entire universe. However, it is especially true of our world, which has two aspects: appearance and reality. What we see around us, we call the world. But there is also the other invisible world of the Hereafter. So when death comes, it means leaving the visible or apparent

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