Only One Chance
English book, p. 51
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
ONLY ONE CHANCE from the signs in nature and history, and plan his life in a way that avails him in his post-death period. One who loses this opportunity should know that another such opportunity will not come again. Man has been given only one chance to build his future. It is now up to him to utilize it or lose it forever. Those who make use of this chance have eternal Paradise in store for them, while those who fail to make use of this chance will have a fate such as is described in the Bible: “And they will be cast into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth for all eternity.” (Matthew, 13:42) Only death divides us from Doomsday. We are all proceeding towards a fate that will bring us eternal bliss or eternal torment. Every moment that passes brings us closer to the fate that is in store for us. Every day, the sun sets, and we lose one more day in our lives. We will never have another chance like the present to prepare for this awesome day. We have only a comparatively short time in this world but will have to endure the consequences of our life on Earth forever: either bliss or severe punishment. We will soon leave this world where we are free to act and enter another world where we will reap the consequences of our actions; we must examine our lives before this happens. We will all have to stand before God one day. On that day, how fortunate will those be who are included among God’s faithful servants, for they will be honoured in Paradise. How unfortunate will

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