The Destiny of Man
English book, p. 15
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
THE DESTINY OF MAN Besides man, nowhere is this contradiction present in the vast Universe. Minerals, plants, and animals— their worlds are entirely free of such a contradiction. So then, why is this contradiction found only in man’s life? This is because there is an essential difference between man and the rest of the Universe. The difference is that man’s life is marked by the pre-death and post-death stages. In contrast, all other things in the Universe have only one stage—i.e., they come into existence, and then one day, they get extinguished. So first, they take birth, then, after some time, they die and are eliminated forever. The fact is that the ideal things that man wants to obtain in the first stage of his life can be obtained only in the second stage. What has been destined for him in the second stage of life, no one can find in the first stage. In this case, a special law for man does not apply to other things and beings in the Universe. Man’s life has been structured based on the principle of action and reward. That is to say; he must engage in activity

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