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For everything here is in an incomplete and limited    frustration, no problems, no aging, no illness — just            The
form. If man tries to seek happiness here, it would    eternal peace, bliss and happiness. God wants such
be like a student wanting to build his desired life    men and women who qualify in their test in this          Destination
within an examination hall. Just as the student        limited world, according to the Divine standard to                of Man
will ultimately be overwhelmed with a sense of         inhabit the ideal world of Paradise.
frustration if he tries to do so, in the same way any                                                           12
man, who tries to build his perfect world in a place   Who then are these men and women who measure
where he is on trial, will also face frustration.      up to the divine standard? They are the ones who,
                                                       by using their intellectual capabilities, attain the
How should we live                                     realization of God. They are those who discover
                                                       the truth by tearing asunder the veil of mental
in this world?                                         confusion, who abandon all forms of worship in
                                                       favour of the worship of the One True God and who
So the question arises as to what men and women        then lead a divinely disciplined life. These are the
should do in this limited pre-death world in order     criteria for earning Paradise according to the divine
to ?nd the world of their desires in the eternal       creation plan. Such men and women as come up to
post-death world? The answer is that they must         this standard will be ushered into the eternal world
exercise their freedom in accordance with the will     of Paradise after death, while those who fail to do so
of their Creator. How does one do this? We do this     will be cast into eternal hell?re, where they will have
by surrendering ourselves to divine discipline. That   nothing in store for them but eternal deprivation
is to say that in spite of having been granted full    and frustration.
freedom to ?out it around if we so wish, we restrain
ourselves, we develop a positive outlook; even in a    So, take stock of your life to see if you are availing
negative situation, we treat others as we ourselves    this Divine opportunity. Make sure that you avail
want to be treated.                                    of your opportunity in this world in order that you
                                                       may attain eternal peace in the next.
To reward the people who surrender themselves to
                                                       Blessed are those who are held deserving of choicest
the divine discipline in the pre-death world, God      blessings of the Lord — that is, eternal Paradise —
                                                       the ?nal destination of a believing man.

                                                                                   Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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