Evidence of God and the Hereafter
English book, p. 88
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
In modern science, the theories accepted as established are recognized not because they have been definitively proven through observation but because they have been proven at the level of probability. Accepting the structure of the atom as a reality is one such example. To prove the existence of the world of the Hereafter, we can also employ the same accepted scientific method. In such matters, the scientific method has three components: hypothesis, observation and verification. Suppose this ‘three-point formula’ is used for the question of the Hereafter. In that case, we certainly arrive at the favourable probability or supportive possibility of the existence of the Hereafter—and it has been said that arriving at a possibility is another name for certainty. By birth, every human being possesses two contradictory qualities. On the one hand, everyone has an intense desire to build a dream world of their own, a world that is per their ideal, where they can spend the ‘tomorrow’ period of their life in joy and comfort. However, on the other hand, everyone is sunk in the contradiction that despite obtaining many of the things they desire, they can still not build and live in their desired world. Hence, boredom, sickness, accidents, old age, and, generally in less than 100 years, death—this is man’s story in this world. This is the case with every human being. Everyone is born with the concept of an ideal embedded in their mind. However, each one takes their beautiful longings with them and dies before they can find their desired world.

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