If, after acquiring worldly resources, a man thinks highly of himself, he is as if proving himself unworthy of this blessing.

The result will be that after death, in the life hereafter, he will be totally deprived of his riches.

But an excess or paucity of worldly effects bears no relation to superiority or inferiority, being purely for the purpose of trial.

As soon as man dies, he is separated from the present world and reaches a point of no-return.

Now, he realises that the life Hereafter, which he had hitherto ignored, was in fact the real target in life.

The possessions of the pre-death period were for the purpose of earning credit towards the life Hereafter and not as ends in themselves.

At every moment man is advancing towards his death.

This means that if a man does not make the best of the time which is still available to him, he will finally face total destruction.

In order to be successful, a man has to exert himself, while for failure he has to do nothing.

The body is totally made up of materials of the earth.

The analysis of the body shows that it consists of the same elements that are commonly known as water and earth.

The settling of human beings in the world and then their being taken away from here are events which occur at the behest of God.

If he did so, he would find that his initial, first birth is in itself an argument in support of his re-birth.

Truth manifests itself to a man in this world, but he does not want to disturb his status quo, so he does not accept it.

He is not prepared to forego the already available present gain for the sake of any promised future gain.

The comforts and the considerations of this world appear valuable to him and he is unable to understand why he should ignore them all and attach himself to a ‘non-thing,’ or abstract promise.

That joy which is everlasting is the real joy.

When a man is born, he is but a weak child.

Then after experiencing the strength of youth, followed by middle age, he again faces the weakness of old age.

This means that a man’s strength is not his own.

Man is unaware of the immediate future of the known and familiar things surrounding him.

For instance, he is unable to make an accurate prediction about the rains, the growth of a baby in the mother’s womb, his future earnings, the time of his death, etc.

Despite his limited knowledge, man accepts these facts as realities.

The conversion of lifeless matter into living objects; the development of the human being in a gradual manner; man’s passing through the stages of youth to old age; death of man, sometimes in old age and sometimes at a young age are events that introduce us to the various attributes of the Creator.

The signs of God in this world are so many that it is not possible for any thinking individual to ignore them.

The universe, in its silent language, sings the praises of and describes the attributes of its Creator.

Similarly, the glamour of this world is also temporary.

Sleep is a wonderful thing.

Man roams about here and there; he sees and speaks; but when he sleeps all his senses become suspended, just as if life had oozed out of them.

When he has had his full sleep and wakes up, he becomes as active as before.

It is obvious that ultimately death overtakes every human being and nullifies all successes.

He may rely on wealth and power, or on respect and popularity.

He may feel confident that all his personal matters are in such good order that rejection of the Truth will not harm him in any way.