Life Death and Beyond
English book, p. 161
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Be Seeker of the Hereafter immediately advised that Mr. Shawn be taken to hospital. In the hospital, doctors examined him and later announced that he had died. The immediate cause of his death was a heartattack. He was at that time 57 years old. In this world, some people cry and die, and some others laugh and die. For some, death comes when they are in a bad condition, for others, when they are hale and hearty, fit and fine. Someone dies seated on the bare earth, someone else on the stage of a theatre and yet others while ensconced on a throne. Death is a universal phenomenon—it happens to everyone, no matter what their condition and status in society. Yet, humans are most forgetful of this biggest reality. Be Seeker of the Hereafter In the present world people constantly run after pleasure. But here, not all our desires for pleasure can be fulfilled. Here, one races towards one’s desired destination, but few people finally arrive there. A person enters the struggle of life. He spends all his time and energy in the hope of what he regards as a successful life. But despite having obtained many of the things that he desired, his feeling of deprivation doesn’t end. If someone strongly desired a good job or a new house or the latest sort of car and he gets what he wants, after a while he finds that he still has many unfulfilled desires. After some time, life for him becomes simply a sort of burdensome duty. While once

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