Introducing Islam
Only One Chance
Introducing Islam — Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Badges mark quoted or attributed material (Qur'an, hadith, another author, an opposing view). Unbadged passages are Maulana Wahiduddin Khan's own words.
Contents (196 chapters)
Man’s Quest What is Truth? A Danger Warning The Teachings
of the Prophet Towards Death A Final Word The Oneness of God All Praise is
Due to God The Angels God’s Prophets Termination of Prophethood The Resurrection When Death Comes The Next World As You Sow,
So Shall You Reap The Inhabitants of Paradise The Straight Path Islam—
An Integral Part of Life Worship of God Forms of Worship A Day in the
Life of a Muslim Giving as God Wills Islamic Character Humility—
The Foundation of Unity Who Should Preach? Acknowledgment
of the Truth Three Types
of Human Beings The Reward of God The Islamic Life Life in Accordance
with Reality From God’s
Point of View Care in All Matters Relinquishing
Power for God The Trial of Man Testing
Man’s Fitness Some Earn the World,
Others Eternity Stimulus and Response It’s Selection Time People of God Abstaining
from Baseness A Believer Lives for God Setting Oneself Right Thinking on
a Higher Plane Realizing One’s
Own Mistakes A Believer’s Wealth Making a Living Education The Mosque Islam and Infidelity The Relationship Between
Man and God Do As You
Would be Done By God is One God—The Sublime,
the Tremendous God’s Signs In Heaven
and on Earth The Cosmic Call Lord of the
Great Throne Love for God God’s Prophets Heaven and Hell Prayer Fasting Almsgiving Pilgrimage Sacrifice Serving God The Shari’ah The Servants
of the Merciful Trust in God Words of Wisdom God-Fearing People The Good Life Haram and Halal
(Lawful and Unlawful) Heavenly Souls The Serene Soul Divine Souls The Correct Way Profitable Trading Real Piety God’s Hospitality The Believer’s
Livelihood The People of Paradise Everything for God The Believer is
God’s Tree Good Advice Doomed
to Destruction The Deniers
of God’s Signs Fair Testimony Living in Harmony Islamic Society Calling to God Magnifying the Lord Eternity is Better Their Efforts
will be Rewarded The Day of Reward
and Retribution The Religion
That is Pleasing to God Prayers To the Lord Protect Us! Help Us! Purify Our Hearts Grant Us a
Righteous End Have Mercy on Us! Save us from Evil Strengthen Us! Do Not Leave Me Alone! Save Us From Doom Belief in God Discovery of God God’s Neighbour Spiritual Nourishment Closeness to God Paradise—
The Greatest of Gifts Heavenly Vision God’s Worshippers A Complete World Light After Darkness When all Things
Come to Light A Dream World Loss Turned to Gain Avoiding Disaster The Universal Way The Islamic Life The Believer:
God’s Industry Action or Acknowledgement The Long Road of Patience God’s Tree The Inheritance of Paradise Selection for Paradise Two Kinds of Souls Thankfulness Godly People The Seeker Finds Citizen of Paradise Submission to God The Lesson of a Tree Belonging to
the next World Heavenly Conduct Who will be
Granted Paradise? Who will be Saved? Without Paying the Price Heavenly Actions The Heavenly Traveller The Inheritance of Paradise Heavenly Character People of Paradise Eternal Bliss A Flower of Paradise Those Who Bow
Before God Virtuous Life God’s Envoy The Reality of Life Inner Revolution The Trial of Man What Man should Realize Doomsday Credit Alone Seeing into the Future Before Time Runs Out When Will They
Ever Learn? The Tragedy of Man No Refuge Wishful Thinking Angelic or Satanic When God Appears The Lesson of Death Delusive Grandeur The Inevitable
Fate of Man Life’s Journey God’s Mercy Extraordinary
Disillusionmen The Great Divide When Words Fail The Final Hour The Coming Day Remembering Death Man’s Negligence Man Stands Alone The Deluge
of Eternity Man’s Ignorance The Trumpet of the Last Day The Day of Reckoning Only One Chance Real Success and Failure The Greatest Earthquake On the Verge of Death All Too Soon Divine Scales of Justice After Death Brought Before God The Greatest Calamity Warning People
of the Hereafter Responsibility of Preaching The Awe-Inspiring Day of
Retribution The Soul of Islam Hushed Silence
Among the Crowd
Only One Chance
M
an is an immortal being. He passes part of his time on earth and the rest of his time in the hereafter. This world is for actions; in the next world we will reap the consequences of our actions.
The only chance we have to work for the Hereafter is in this world. Afterwards we shall not be able to act: we shall rather have to bear the consequences of our actions. We have very little time on earth. Many who were once among us on earth are now dead and gone. In the same way we shall be removed one day from the land of the living. Our lives will end, and we shall be brought before the Lord.
This life is the first and last chance that we shall have to build an eternal future for ourselves. We have only one life on earth, and it is in this life that we must prove our worth. We are being tried on earth, and this trial is sure to reach a decisive outcome. We shall not be able to escape the consequences of our actions.
Every second that passes is conclusive, for time that has passed can never return. We have only one chance to show our worth; we can either waste it or put it to good use. We have only one life on earth; we can either grow for ourselves a heavenly crop or an infernal one.
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