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Living in God's Glory

English book, p. 306

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

them tomorrow. so, he started to provide the freedom movement with regular financial support. it is said that up to 1947, he had already donated 20 crore rupees (200 million) to Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress party. Mr Birla reaped enormous benefits from this after independence. he was granted every kind of facility by the new government. so astronomical was his rise that he soon became the greatest industrialist of free india. as a result, today, the Birla family is considered one of the richest in india. it is the one who sows today who will reap tomorrow. Therefore, it is valid for both the present and future worlds. REWARD AND PUNISHMENT Our world is too limited by human mortality for there to be any possibility of absolute justice. This calls for the existence of an unlimited world. So, we can only seek true justice in the eternity of the Afterlife. Take the case of 34-year-old Gerson viloria, a Filipino Treasury clerk, who had a case registered against him for forgery. after lengthy court proceedings, he was held guilty in 17 cases by the judge, Mr romeo M Escareal. since Philippine law lays down ten years of rigorous imprisonment for each such crime, the accused was sentenced to 170 years of rigorous imprisonment and a penalty of $4,625. if

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