World Of ‘Today’, World Of ‘Tomorrow’
English book, p. 20
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
engaging in action, while the world of ‘tomorrow’ is the place for receiving the results of one’s actions. Therefore, if a person wants to obtain his ‘reward’ in this world, he will not be able to do the needed activities for a happy life in the world of ‘tomorrow’. Thus, he will not only lose this world, but he will also lose his only opportunity to build his next world. Few people realise this, however. In this world itself, they want to obtain things—such as complete fulfillment or ideal justice and peace—that can be had only in the next world. Because of this, they lose both. Wise is he who earns the world of’ tomorrow’ through the world of ‘today’. He knows that if he gets stuck in the allurements and entanglements of the world of ‘today’, he will deprive himself of true success in the next world, the world of ‘tomorrow’. Suppose you are on a journey and want to enjoy all the comforts that a person can enjoy only at home during that time; you will naturally not be able to fulfill this desire. From this, one can understand the issue of the world of ‘today’ and the world of ‘tomorrow’. This

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