When we think about the purpose of man’s life, we realise that man is born with unlimited potential, yet in the present world, he finds only very limited use for it. According to his nature, man wants to live eternally, but very soon, without his leave, death arrives and puts an end to his life.
He harbours an ocean of desires in his heart, but these desires are never fulfilled. He houses a life of dreams in his mind, but these dreams are never realised. In this case, there is no difference between a poor man and a rich man. The question is why are man and the present world so mismatched? We can find our answer if we understand God’s creation plan.
The Creator of man has created this world, as one half of a pair—the present limited world in which we pass our lives after birth, is the first half; and the next eternal world where we live after death, is the other half. The Creator of man has thus created him as an eternal creature and has divided his life into two stages—the pre-death period or the limited life in this world and the post-death period or the eternal life after death.
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is an Islamic spiritual scholar who has authored over 200 books on Islam, spirituality, and peaceful coexistence in a multi-ethnic society.
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