THE ANSWER IS VERY MUCH HERE — An Explanation for Life
Spirit of Islam, Mar 2015, p. 19
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
THE ANSWER IS VERY MUCH HERE An Explanation for Life ESTHER FREUD (b. 1963) is a British novelist. She is the greatgranddaughter of Sigmund Freud. One of her famous books is Hideous Kinky. In an interview to The Times of India she said: “The reading world is hungry for experiences of people they’ve never heard from.” (November 28, 2014) This remark about the present reading world is very meaningful. It is not a simple remark. It has a deeper meaning. The fact is that the reading world is living in a state of bewilderment. They want to know the purpose of their life, but they have not found a convincing answer to it yet. They feel that their education, study, job and various activities have failed to provide them with a satisfactory answer to this question. Now, consciously or unconsciously, they try to find that person who probably may have discovered this meaning and can give them an answer in a manner that satisfies them. They seek to know the unknown, but they feel that the book they are searching for has not been written. Every person feels that his inner personality wants to know something which it cannot know on its own. If one ponders over this matter, one will discover that every human being is born as a seeker. Everyone is a seeking being. Every person feels that his inner personality wants to know something which it cannot know on its own. These questions are hidden in every person’s nature: who am I, why am I settled in this world, what is the real purpose of life, what is the central principle through which I can explain all the physical and non-physical world. However, no one knows the answers to these questions. It appears that no known writer has been able to provide a satisfactory answer to these questions. This is a very serious matter. The reason is not the absence of writing, rather the reason is the absence of the right framework among readers by which they can study the available books to discover the truth and adopt it with satisfaction. The problem lies in misguided obsession. People are obsessed with wrong ideas. Under this obsession they have developed a self-styled

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