Living in God's Glory

realize that he is standing on death’s doorstep, immediately after death, in the words of the Prophet of islam, he either would enter the garden of Paradise or plunge into the pit of hellfire. (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, hadith no. 2460). Each step that man takes in this world leads him relentlessly toward one of the two extremes. however, man has become so insensitive to this reality that he seldom sees fit to consider it seriously. People trust false ideals and worship them as if they were holy, but only the humble reverence man has for God in this life can be of any avail in the next eternal world. True worship means fearing God so that he comes to entirely dominate man’s thoughts. he becomes the supreme force in his life and monitors all one’s affairs. Whatever is done then is for the sake of God, for the love of God, out of fear of God, and for no other. in short, a man’s genuine concern is for life in the world to come. Given such concern, life’s mundane affairs should pale into insignificance. AN UNFINISHED STORY Every human being in this world is a tale left halfway. As an individual seems to be near his destination, he is suddenly taken away. Our final destination is the Hereafter, not this world. Mr P.n. Pathak joined the Hindustan Times staff as an ordinary worker in 1958 and, owing to his devotion and dedication to