This World and the Hereafter

THIS WORLD AND THE HEREAFTER Man remains unaware of the exceptional aspects of death and the Afterlife for he does not make it a dominant part of his thinking. Either he does not believe in death and the Afterlife or if he does believe in them, he does so only at the traditional or ritual level, which is of no avail. The true belief in death and the Afterlife is that which becomes the source of developing Hereafter-oriented thinking in man. THIS WORLD AND THE HEREAFTER A materialist is concerned only about the life before death, whereas a Hereafter-oriented person makes preparations in this world for the life after death. This world is all about life today, while the Hereafter is all about life tomorrow. Human existence in this world necessities being concerned about the life before death, whereas in the Hereafter the major concern is about having made preparations in this world for the life after death. For a human being, there are two kinds of life: The worldoriented life and the Akhirat-oriented or HereafterOriented life. The demands of the world-oriented life are that man should make worldly success his objective. This means that he is interested only in the things of this world. He understands both success and failure to be worldly matters. His thoughts are focused only on this world and his heart is entrenched in the affairs of the world. Such a person is a materialist.