Prepare for the Moment That is Coming
English book, p. 141
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Prepare for the Moment That is Coming fully save ourselves from hatred and violence. If we receive a position in society, we should consider it our responsibility, not an honour that we supposedly deserve. We should become peaceful members of our society and peaceful citizens of the country where we live. We should love helping others. These are some features of a God-oriented lifestyle. We need to always keep before us our eternal success, in Paradise, rather than temporary gain, in this world. The most important thing we need to do is to understand the Creator’s creation plan so that we can engage in proper planning of our life so that we reach our true destination and do not go astray. Human life is like an iceberg. A very small portion of it— the tip—is visible in the world of today. The rest of it has been kept for the world that is to come after death. God, the Creator, has made a human being as an eternal creature. God kept a very small portion of his life in this present world and placed the rest of his life, which carries on forever, in the next world. Then, He decreed that he should spend the exam portion of his life in this present, short-lived, world, after which he would be taken to the next world, which comes after death. What is the present world? And what is the next world? Paradise is an eternal world, while this present world is ephemeral. The present world is an imperfect world, while the next world is a perfect or ideal world. The present world is the place for us human beings to be tested, while the next world is the place where we will receive the results of our test. In this present world of test, those individuals who, through their actions, prove themselves worthy of being settled in the perfect world of Paradise are being selected. Those who do not come up to this standard will be thrown into the rubbishbin of the universe. Many people today are in a constant state of dissatisfaction. Even those who possess every material comfort are discontented. The reason for this is that by nature a person seeks an ideal world, whereas this present world, despite all

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