English book · Living in God's Glory

What God Wants from us

English book, p. 272

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

suppose this story is confirmed; you will add that this student was not in his senses. only a madman can indeed behave like this. however, something that appears so utterly absurd in an examination of this sort is exactly what everyone is doing about the hereafter. a college student should write his examination in the hall, not the library. in the same way, there are appropriate places to appear for the examination set by God. People do not appear for examinations in places that God has set for them for this purpose. instead, they want to write their examinations elsewhere. God wants to see evidence of a person’s faith in its acceptance in the recesses of his heart, while people want to give evidence of it simply by verbal proclamations of the faith. God gauges our worship based on the humility and sincerity of our prayers, while people think punctilious conformity to the minor details of external acts of worship proves their piety. God wants to see the proof of their faith in their inner being and dealings, while people express it in mere words. God wants us to follow his teachings in our lives while people are busy stirring protests against others to make them follow God’s injunctions. God wants to see us help oppressed individuals, but people write, speak, and issue statements about collective oppression; never really helping oppressed individuals while presenting themselves as ardent supporters of the oppressed.

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