A Door, Not a Grave
English book, p. 51
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
A Door, Not a Grave witnessing sights of the other world with my own eyes. My heart turned restless, and I uttered these words: The real problem of life is not the one in which people are entangled. Rather, the real problem is the one that will appear after death. If only people knew what this person in the grave is facing! He has left this makeshift world and is heading towards the real world. This grave that is being dug before us is not really a grave, but, rather, a door that has been opened for the deceased to enter the other world. Passing through this door, he will cross over to the other side. Whenever someone dies, it is a very special moment. It is as if at that moment, the door leading out to the other world, which is hidden from us, is opened for a short while. If you possess eyes that can truly see, you can clearly view through this door this other world where all of us, one day or the other, have to go to. But the sights of the present world have so bedazzled people that even when they stand before this opened door they see nothing of what is on the other side. Even though they stand so close to reality, they remain totally unaware of it.

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