Death: A Reminder
English book, p. 281
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
DEATH: A REMINDER After death, all of a sudden everyone will find himself in such a world from which return is impossible. In this next world, man’s state will be such that he will have no return ticket to come back to this present world. The present world is a world of action; there is no reward to be meted out here. The next world will be the world of reward, and there will be no opportunity for action for anyone. This is the fate of every man and woman and no one can change this fate. Living in this present world, we must first of all know what the creation plan of our Creator is. Why has the Creator created this strange world and why has He created man with such unique capabilities? People’s present state is due to their unawareness of this creation plan. They think that they are not going to face another end. If man knows that he is a traveller on a long journey that he has to undertake in this present world and then enter into the next world in the Hereafter, the whole map of life will be transformed. DEATH: A REMINDER Life is a period of action and death is the time to appear in the court of God. We should take the life of this world as a preparation period and make ourselves deserving of Paradise. Death is not only the cessation of life for the person who dies, it is also a reminder for the survivor. When a person dies it seems that one who used to speak has fallen silent,

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