Living in God's Glory
English book, p. 199
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
THE WORLD WE LONG FOR if we consider the present life as a moment of “20 minutes” and after that consider the 21st minute as equivalent to entry time in the hereafter, we can say that nature has allowed human beings to make mistakes only for 20 minutes. if he is not careful, till the end of this time, nature will not allow him to make a mistake after the 20th minute. after 20 minutes, either he has to correct himself or be arrested by death. THE WORLD WE LONG FOR Those who try to build a Paradise for themselves in this world will find nothing but disappointment awaiting them when they reach the next world. It is tragic that trying to achieve one’s greatest longing in life—Paradise— one is eternally fated to live without it. To disbelieve in Paradise is to disbelieve in oneself, for Paradise is what everyone longs for more than anything. if, on the other hand, one believes in Paradise but does not strive to attain it, one is like a person who goes to a shop to buy something but is not ready to pay the required price. Everyone longs for a dream world—a world of everlasting life and total satisfaction, a place immune from the limitations and disadvantages that beset us in this world. it is what man longs for above all else. Everyone in this world is striving to achieve this end, yet no one finds what they desire. People go to great pains to make themselves healthy, but soon they

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