God and the Life Hereafter by Maulana Waiduddin Khan - page 15

God and the Life Hereafter
God and the Life Hereafter
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beings, the only creatures in this world to suffer
from the painful thought that they have not
received what they wanted, are in a state of
imbalance. Moreover, the rest of the universe is evil-
free, while human beings continually suffer from
the problem of evil.
Paradise is the answer to all these problems. The
concept of Paradise shows that man too will find
everything that the rest of the universe has found,
the only difference being that the rest of the
universe is receiving what it wants today itself,
while man will receive what he wants tomorrow.
The rest of the universe has no concept of futurity.
It is only man who possesses this concept.
PART OF NATURE
God and the Hereafter relate apparently to the
unseen world. But the truth is that they are an
essential part of human life. God and the Hereafter
are known truths innate in man.
The truth is that there are two levels of God
realization—the rational and the natural. Believing
in the existence of God and the Hereafter at a
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