Shaping the Souls for Eternal Paradise
English book, p. 159
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
PARADISE: THE DESTINATION OF MAN 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 destruction. Every person nurses an ocean of desires; these desires in themselves are not wrong. However, the place for fulfilling these desires is the world of ‘tomorrow’, not the world of ‘today’. PLACE FOR ACTION, PLACE FOR RESULTS Spirituality means building a divine personality in this world, so one can be truly successful in the world to come, by obtaining a place in Paradise in the period of life after death. This world is where an individual engages in actions, and the Hereafter is the place where he will receive the fruits of his actions. A concise and initial portion of a person’s life is spent in this world. And then, he is taken to the next world, where, according to his actions, he will get a place either in Paradise or live in eternal deprivation.

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