Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Akhirat Oriented Life June 24, 2008

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Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 12768
Quran 30:41 · Ar-Rum
Quran 2:25 · Al-Baqarah
Sunan Abu Dawud, Hadith no. 2357
Quran 2:25 · Al-Baqarah
Bahr al-Fawa'id by al-Kalabadhi, p.276
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 4913
Quran 46:20 · Al-Ahqaf
Quran 33:4 · Al-Ahzab
Quran 17:62 · Al-Isra
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Islamic life defined in one phrase: afterlife-oriented
“Islamic way of life in one word: afterlife-oriented life”
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Rose garden story: poet vs businessman mindset
“I took a friend, a businessman, to a rose garden”
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Law of nature: seeds become fruit only in time
“Nature's law: present is seed, future is the fruit”
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Present cannot hold what only the future gives
“Rose seed planted today, flower comes only in future”
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Emperor Babar's hedonism and his despairing death
“Babar said: enjoy now, there's no second life”
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Why right-here-right-now living always fails
“People who live for right-here-right-now never find it”
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Industrial civilization's failed attempt to build paradise on earth
“Man tried building paradise through industrial civilization — what happened?”
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This world as exam hall, paradise as the reward
“This world is an exam hall; paradise is the job market”
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Paradise described as familiar, perfected version of this world
“Paradise will feel just like this world, but perfected”
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True gratitude to God must come from the heart
“True gratitude comes from the heart, not lip service”
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Why the Prophet's companions were history's best people
“The Prophet's companions were history's best people — why?”
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Companions' self-watch mindset illustrated through two stories
“Why were the Prophet's companions history's best people?”
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Companion refuses wife's demands to protect his paradise
“A companion refused his wife's luxury demands for paradise's sake”
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The Prophet's simple sleeping mat despite being ruler
“The Prophet slept on a rough mat, not a palace bed”
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Choosing between comfort in this life or paradise
“You must choose between paradise here or paradise there”
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One heart, one supreme priority: God or the world
“God gave no man two hearts in one chest”
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Humans must shape themselves, not be shaped by circumstance
“You must develop self-thinking, not be shaped by circumstances”
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Satan's eternal challenge to mislead humanity
“The moment Adam was created, Satan issued a challenge”
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Satan's tactic of beautifying wrongdoing
“Satan beautifies wrong things to make them look good”
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A writer catches his own hidden pride
“A writer caught pride creeping into his own work”