Love of God
English book, p. 331
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
THE JOURNEY TOWARDS DEATH from the Creator on a unilateral basis. Man has no say in this matter. This state of affairs demands that man should remember death at every moment. He should be prepared to die at any time. He should be engaged all the time in introspection as to what preparation he has done for the life after death, and what he has in store for his journey after death. People write their life’s diary but what is more important is to write the diary of death. Everyone should record in his diary as to what he thought today about death. For instance, on hearing of someone’s death, I was reminded of my own death. When I witnessed that person’s last rites and I saw his body being lowered into the grave, I was reminded that one day I, too, would be buried in the same way. One who sees his own death in the death of others is the truly living person. A living person does not wait to undergo a fatal experience in order to learn a lesson from it. The truly alive person is one who learns lessons from the experiences of others. THE JOURNEY TOWARDS DEATH Life before death is very brief, while the life after death will continue for all eternity. Death is a one-way journey. Wise is one whose life is Hereafter-oriented and whose goal is Paradise. When one is born into this world, a journey soon begins, taking him through various stages, until he finally reaches

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