I Have to Go Till the Hereafter

I Have to Go Till the Hereafter as a gift. The Maulana accepted the gift and asked his travelling companion to weigh the canes and book them as luggage. The railway guard said to the Maulana, “What is the need to book them? I will tell the guard who is going on this train. He will keep an eye on them.” The Maulana replied, “Your guard will be with me only till this train reaches its destination, but I have to go further.” The guard thought that the Maulana meant that he had to go to a further station by changing to another train, and so he said, “No problem! I will tell the guard. He will inform the other guard, and you won’t have to face any difficulty.” The Maulana answered, “I have to go even further than that!” The guard was surprised and asked, “Where will you finally go? You just said you were going to Azamgarh!” The Maulana remained silent for a while. Then, he said, “I have to go till the Hereafter. Which guard will go with me till there?” This matter is not simply about train journeys. In fact, it relates to everything in life. Every aspect of our lives is related to the Hereafter. In this world, a ‘guard’ can be with you for a short period of time, but no ‘guard’ is going to be with you when you reach the destination of the Hereafter. A person who is aware that he has to go till the Hereafter will think of every single thing as valueless which in the Hereafter will have no value at all, irrespective of how valuable it may appear now, in