Living in God's Glory
English book, p. 83
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
GOD IS UNBENDING what one has. let us put this another way. if a person is proud of what he has in this world, if he uses it for his selfaggrandizement, if he makes it just a stepping-stone to personal power, he has wasted his energies. he has wasted them because he has expended them on this ephemeral world. What can be left for him in the eternal world of God? The other form of earning comes from seeing the resources he has been endowed with as God’s gift. a man sees his helplessness before God and thanks him for his countless blessings. instead of using his faculties and resources for personal ends, he devotes them to the service of God. Earnings gained from life’s opportunities will stand in good stead in the long run, for they will remain with man into all eternity. Man’s earnings will open out to him in the form of Paradise’s everlasting gardens; he will be able to taste the fruits of his earthly efforts. Everyone has been given opportunities; some use them to earn the world, others to gain everlasting life. GOD IS UNBENDING The God of the Quran is not a party to evil, He will mete out due punishments to the offenders of evil. devi singh, the notorious dacoit, was killed in a police encounter in January 1984. shortly before he met his fate, Mrs amrita Pritam, the well-known poetess, had a chance

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