Man and God
English book, p. 50
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
and radio stations were abuzz with talk about him. With the press of the trigger of a gun, he had acquired that ‘fame’ that innumerable people spend their entire lives working for and yet fail to attain. If someone appears to be a criminal and somebody else seems to be innocent but both hanker after fame, it means that both exist on the same plane. The law of this world deals with people according to their external conditions. But the Hereafter is the plane where people will be dealt with on the basis of their true, inner personality. Someone presents himself to be a great champion of religion simply in order to gain name and fame. Someone else becomes a leader for precisely the same purpose. The consequences that both will face will be the same in God’s eyes. Your Actions Should Have A Spiritual Dimension I f there is a hole at the bottom of a bucket and you pour water into it, all the water will flow out and nothing will remain inside. The same is true for human beings. Only those actions of yours are worthy actions that provide you something meaningful in terms of your own inner development. If you appear to be busy doing things, but these actions do not contribute to nurturing and developing your inner being, they have no value whatsoever. Only those actions are worthy that promote awareness in you and transform you as a person, actions that stir an upheaval deep in your soul, in your very

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