English book · GOD AND THE LIFE HEREAFTER

Concept of Tomorrow

English book, p. 4

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

CONCEPT OF TOMORROW Man’s life has two stages—the temporary predeath and the eternal post-death periods. Death is to move from temporary life to eternal life. This division is so that whatever man could not obtain ‘today’ in the present world, he may be able to obtain ‘tomorrow’, in the world of the Hereafter. In the known universe, man is the only creature who possesses intelligence. As far as we know, no other creature shares this quality with man. Animals, too, are living creatures, but instincts determine all their actions. In ordinary language, we can call instincts the unconscious mind. The conscious mind is a quality only of man and no other species. According to modern research, the human brain contains some 100 billion particles! In terms of his capacities, man is born with vast possibilities, but experience tells us that almost every person dies with the regret that he could not obtain all he had wanted to achieve in this world. Fulfilment is a deep desire of man. However, almost every person dies without

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