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Spirit of Islam, Feb 2017, p. 17

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.

MY HOME A Test I N this world, people build a house for themselves, which they call ‘my house’. They name their houses after themselves. So it is with everything else. But in actual fact, in this world, every home is a ‘test-house’. In this world, every car is a ‘test-car’. In this world, every property is a ‘test-property’. In this world, every child is a ‘test-child’. In this world, every single thing is for the purpose of a test. Man, however, forgets this biggest reality, until suddenly death overtakes him and then he leaves everything behind and enters the next stage of life all alone. At this time, he realizes that the things he had thought of as his own had actually been given to him by God for a temporary period and for the purpose of a test. As soon as the pre-death period of one’s life gets over, all these things are taken away from him. And now he finds that he has to live in such a world where he has to pass his life in a state of complete deprivation. The only exception to this will be those people who, because of their good deeds, will be given back all things as a reward. o After Making a Mistake Often, people make a mistake, and then add to it by making yet another mistake—the mistake of trying to justify their first mistake. But what they should actually do on making a mistake is reflect and seek to discover why they made that mistake in the first place. If one does not do that, and, instead, seek to justify the mistake,one remains in a state of error as before. On the other hand, if one seeks to find out why they made that mistake, they will save themselves from repeating it. At the time of death, man realizes that the things he had thought of as his own had actually been given to him by God for a temporary period and for the purpose of a test.

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