Love of God
English book, p. 295
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
EXPLANATION OF A DECEASED PERSON she had to plan her funeral. She said, “I want people to cry over me.” This is the story of every man and woman. People are engaged in the celebration of life. But the ultimate end of all such celebrations is that death overtakes them before their completion and they are transferred from this world to the next world. Given this state of affairs, what every man and woman must do is to regard the span of life before death as a temporary journey and devote his or her full time to the preparation for the life after death. People celebrate their birthdays, whereas each birthday is only an announcement that one year of one’s life has passed. In such a situation every passing year for every man and woman should serve as a reminder of death. While there is no certainty of one’s next birthday, the approach of death is certain. The wise man is one who never forgets this greatest of all realities known as death and prepares for life after death in the next eternal world. EXPLANATION OF A DECEASED PERSON The real status of death is total detachment for every departed soul. The deceased person is all alone and deprived of all that life had provided him within this world. Wise is one who understands this reality and prepares for success in the eternal life in the Hereafter. It is the custom that when a person dies, eulogies about him are published in magazines and journals in his memory. Large meetings are held in commemoration to

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