Glorification Of God Book

Ch 32 — Two Lifestyles

Glorification Of God Book — Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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Contents (44 chapters)
  1. Foreword
  2. Ch 1 — The Majesty of God in the Vast Universe
  3. Ch 2 — The Consciousness in Human Nature of God's Existence
  4. Ch 3 — The Omnipotent God and Helpless Man
  5. Ch 4 — Glorification of God
  6. Ch 5 — Consciousness in Nature
  7. Ch 6 — Limitless Majesty of God
  8. Ch 7 — Relationship with God
  9. Ch 8 — Two Aspects of God-Realization
  10. Ch 9 — The Importance of the Fear of God
  11. Ch 10 — Loving God the Most
  12. Ch 11 — Love, Obedience
  13. Ch 12 — Love of God
  14. Ch 13 — Closeness to God
  15. Ch 14 — Two Levels of Realization (Maarifah)
  16. Ch 15 — Making God One's Supreme Concern
  17. Ch 16 — Submission to God
  18. Ch 17 — Acknowledgement of God
  19. Ch 18 — Cause of the Failure to Love God
  20. Ch 19 — Praise Be to God (Alhamdulillah)
  21. Ch 20 — The Source of the Love of God
  22. Ch 21 — The Price of the Love of God
  23. Ch 22 — Strong, Emotional Attachment to God
  24. Ch 23 — Real Love, Relative Love
  25. Ch 24 — Two Categories of Paradise
  26. Ch 25 — Intense Love of God
  27. Ch 26 — Strong Believer, Weak Believer
  28. Ch 27 — People Worth Envying
  29. Ch 28 — Sacred Narration
  30. Ch 29 — A Case of Exceptional Mercy
  31. Ch 30 — God in Our Hearts
  32. Ch 31 — The Remembrance of God
  33. Ch 32 — Two Lifestyles
  34. Ch 33 — The Power of Helplessness
  35. Ch 34 — Crying in Remembrance of God
  36. Ch 35 — The Spirit of Religion
  37. Ch 36 — God's Pleasure, Man's Pleasure
  38. Ch 37 — Initial Hamd (Praise), Ultimate Hamd
  39. Ch 38 — Thankfulness and Acknowledgement
  40. Ch 39 — The High Degree of the Divine Experience
  41. Ch 40 — The Feelings of Worship
  42. Ch 41 — The Experience of God
  43. Ch 42 — Seeking God's Pleasure
  44. Ch 43 — In the Company of God

Two Lifestyles p. 72

Those who live in a godly way will be lodged in eternal Paradise in the Hereafter. Those who live an ungodly life will be eternally deprived of divine blessings. p. 72

There are two ways of leading one’s life in this world–one, living in God, the other, living in something other than God. True believers are those who live in God. Those who live in something other than God, may be described as worldly people. These two lifestyles were just as prevalent in earlier times as they are today. p. 72

Who are the people who live in God? They are those who are serious about life, and who being truth seekers, ultimately discover God. Then they have to build their lives in accordance with this discovery. Their thinking, speech, behaviour, dealings with others—all become dyed in God’s hue. (2:138) A very different kind of life is that lived by those who accord some worldly thing that status which is due to God alone, who think only about material progress and establish their relationship accordingly. p. 72original + quote

For them their family enjoys the greatest importance. Political matters form the centre of their attention. They regard the interests of their community as supreme. Worldly honour and worldly progress are the be all and end all for them. They are happy when they make some worldly progress, conversely, worldly loss makes them sad. Worldly things are the target of their ambitions and desire. All such people are those who live an ungodly life. p. 73

Those who live in a godly way are those who are desired by God. They will be lodged in eternal Paradise in the Hereafter. Those who live an ungodly life are not God’s desired servants. Such people will be eternally deprived of divine blessings. p. 73