World Of ‘Today’, World Of ‘Tomorrow’
English book, p. 21
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
WORLD OF ‘TODAY’, WORLD OF ‘TOMORROW’ world is a place for a temporary halt, and the next world is your eternal home. The world of ‘today’ is the path on the journey, and the world of ‘tomorrow’ is the final destination of this journey. God has made this world the place for engaging in action and the Hereafter for obtaining the results of our efforts. If, while on a journey, you want to obtain the comforts you can enjoy only when you are at your destination, you are bound to deviate from your path. In the same way, if you desire that in the world of ‘today’ itself, you should obtain the results of your actions, which is possible only in the world of ‘tomorrow’, your planning will go haywire. Wise is he who understands this difference between the world of ‘today’ and the world of ‘tomorrow’. Therefore, he does not desire those things before death that one can find only in life after death. It is imperative to recognise this fact. One must be realistic. One must not run after desires because desires will not take one to any destination other than

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